IRAQ -- With good news about the recent military surge working in Iraq, Carl Levin made a trip to the region to address the poor political status of things within Iraq.

"Look, we lost our advantage talking about military failure in Iraq," said Levin.  "It's time for us to switch focus on the the failed political situation in Iraq.  If we start to become less effective militarily, we can switch back to criticizing that instead.  And if both situations get better, we can focus on the poor infrastructure that will never be as good as it is here.  Then we can focus on lack of rights for women in Iraq as a reason to leave.  Or the fact that they do not have a gay pride parade.  The people just need to know that we will never be successful in Iraq and should leave with Bush in disgrace.  If the things we previously used to call for retreat improve, then there are many other areas we can exploit to call for retreat."