Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) challenged Gen. Petraeus about the 2004 Washington Post op-ed Petraeus wrote, giving an upbeat portrait of the progress he was making in getting Iraqi troops ready to stand up, so U.S. troops could stand down.
Engel (that’s him at right) asked why we should believe that his relatively optimistic assessment today will […]

If, like me, you’ve been surprised that a pro-choice candidate like Rudy Giuliani could continue to come out on top among Republicans in presidential horserace polls, the answer must surely, at least in part, be in these results from the Pew Reseach Center: