Voting present on the pullout

Associated Press reports that the President gives Afghanistan commanders “leeway” on the pull out from Afghanistan;

President Barack Obama is permitting his commanders to decide critical details, including the number of troops to depart first and whether any of those will be combat forces, administration and military officials said Sunday.

Although this is probably the best case scenario for the pullout, given the circumstances, since the commanders should have control of which troops can leave first, it can also be viewed as Obama’s escape hatch for criticism if the war begins to go wrong – he can blame the commanders for making bad choices for the types and pace of the withdrawal.

The Left will probably claim that the commanders did it on purpose to make Obama look bad just before the election.

Meanwhile, The Hill reports that Nancy Pelosi reassures Democratic strategists that they won’t lose liberal voters over the pace of the withdrawal;

“He has taken us on a course to end this war. He is finishing the war in Iraq. He is the president. He has a plan, and that’s something that we have not had before,” Pelosi added.

Yeah, the Left has only been worried about an end to this war, not a victory in this war, so since Obama has promised that the surge troops will be out weeks before the election regardless of what the situation on the ground looks like, they should be pleased – and that’s all that matters.