A game of chicken, it is going to be a interesting 2 or 3 months.

Risky Business 

“ I think there’s still a question of how far they will go, ” said Julian Zelizer, a congressional historian at Boston University. “ If Bush goes to the tactics of 2002 and 2004 attacking Democrats as weak on defense, will the Democrats really insist on some kind of timetable if he vetoes it and stick to their guns ? That’s still a question … But I don’t think it’s a very good situation for Bush. Now it’s a presidency of survival. ”