Two leading conservative writers said September would be the critical month for the fate of the President's Iraq policy.
Kate O'Beirne and Byron York of the National Review made the comments on NBC's Meet The Press Sunday morning.
O'Beirne said September is "absolutely an important moment" for a status report on Iraq. York said the White House is "incredibly nervous" about this September deadline.
O'Beirne even suggested that by September there might even be enough Republicans that would support an Iraq appropriations bill with timetables for withdrawal.
On ABC's This Week, Sen. Joe Biden said he's confident Gen. David Petraeus will give lawmakers a credible report on the progress of Iraq in September.
Presidential Politics
A brand new Mason-Dixon survey in South Carolina shows Barack Obama and Fred Thompson leading the pack. Obama leads Hillary Clinton by 11 points in South Carolina, 34%-25%. Thompson leads Rudy Giuliani by 4 points in the same survey taken between June 13th-15th.
Still, York of National Review said that it's not yet clear if the G.O.P. is really in love with Fred Thompson, or "the idea of Fred Thompson," an outside force that could rescue the party.
On This Week, Democratic candidate Biden said he would raise enough money during the 2nd fundraising quarter to stay in the race. He also pointed to national polls that show that even though the Democratic frontrunners "are good people, making a lot of news," they still get beat head-to-head by Republicans, who are generically not preferred.
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