Congressional Democrats: Plan for direction in Iraq?

A recent Washington Post article states that congressional Democrats were encouraged by the recent report of a special commission on Iraq. The commission, which is led by former Secretary of State James A. Baker and former Democratic Rep. Lee Hamilton of Indiana, is calling for a major reduction in the number of U.S. troops serving in Iraq. Democrats are in accordance with the reports of the commission and are hopeful that the report will force President Bush to comply with an early removal of troops from Iraq. Senator Barack Obama (D-Ill.) hopes that "the White House will seriously consider the ideas put forward by the study group." While the report has given Democrats "a jumping-off point" for enacting their plan to begin withdrawal from Iraq in 2007, Democrats still have not created a unified and well-defined plan for the removal of troops from Iraq. The Post speculates that the Democrats plans are still "elusive" because Democrats are still divided among themselves and with President Bush. It will be interesting to track the development of a more concrete plan and timetable for the removal of troops.