Heading into a tough election year, Republican governors attending their annual meeting voiced strong support Thursday for President Bush's stand on the Iraq war and played down his lapsed popularity.
Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue, who recently returned from a trip to the Middle East, said the U.S. will be victorious in Iraq and criticized Democrats who have called for the president to set a date to withdraw. He was among a group of Republican governors who spoke out in support of the mission in Iraq.
U.S. troops "are birthing democracy in a very important part of the world," Perdue said. "I've never known us to run any war by a calendar. You don't run a war over partisan politics."
Democrats are trying to gain ground in Congress and statehouses across the country by turning the president's troubles into a liability for GOP candidates.
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