Lieberman and Graham to be Bush's political footsoldiers in September

So Connecticut, you all wish you could vote again?  Are you happy with the Senator you reelected?  I hope so, because he is going to play a central role in keeping the war going for another year.

This September, General Petraeus will give his highly anticipated report to Congress.  He is expected to say that the troop escalation is working.  According to Congressional Quarterly, Bush has sought the help of Senators Joe Lieberman (I-CT) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) to help him with the spin campaign after Petraeus testifies:

Encouraged by such previews of the Petraeus report, the White House istapping sympathetic senators, including Republican Lindsey Graham ofSouth Carolina and Independent Joseph I. Lieberman of Connecticut, forwhat amounts to a full-scale political campaign to thwart the nextdrive against the war in the Senate, where the balance of power in thedebate resides.

Democrats ought to counter with their very best.  They need to consider Senator Jim Webb (D-VA), who absolutely man-handled Lindsey Graham in a debate on Meet the Press last month.