The General Comes to Town

Army General David Petraeus will be in Washington today testifying before multiple Senate Committees. A media feeding frenzy will no doubt follow as all three Presidential candidates have returned to their committee perches to question the military leader.

The media will cover today's proceedings through their very simple lense: Republicans = pro war and Democrats = no war. They will score the proceedings accordingly.

I will be interested to see how both Obama and Clinton handle some of Petraeus's testimony. He will bring some good news about the status of the surge, which the Democrats have all but declared a defeat already. Will Obama or Clinton be able to be happy with some good news? I am not holding my breath.

UPDATE: Time Mag -- How Petraeus will make his case