[Rick Lee]

I read in a magazine yesterday that Bush did not even call Petraeus before his Hill appearance and only met with him a few days afterwards. The article also said Bush's tv address was written and approved before Petraeus's Hill appearance. I'm sure the Dems would have tried to make hay of it, had any cameras captured Petraeus visiting the WH before he went to the Hill. So, how was his testimony WH spin? Why weren't the Dems able to capitalize on his appearance? They seemed to slouch away. Hillary Clinton didn't even make eye contact with him, but rather read from notes. Plenty of others just made speeches and then asked one or two questions. Seems to me, this would have been a great chance to engage the general in some hard hard debate or questions, none of which they did. Why?