Shrub Levels With The Dems, But Do They Understand Him?

Here's Bill Brubaker in the Washington Post: Bush Tells Democrats U.S. Commitment in Iraq Not 'Open Ended'

On the deadliest day of the Iraq war this year, President Bush told newly empowered House Democrats today there are limits to how long the United States will stay committed to the bloody conflict.

"I have made it clear to the Iraqi government just as I have made it clear to the American people: our commitment is not open ended," Bush said, speaking at the House Democratic Caucus meeting in Williamsburg. He did not elaborate or offer a timetable for withdrawal of U.S. troops.

Translation: We'll go home when their oil runs out.