pardon my cynicism, puhleeze...

Eleven moderate Republican members of Congress spoke with K. George W in an unvarnished discussion concerning the Iraq situation. Who were they?

Ray LaHood (Il)
Rep. Jim Gerlach (Pa)
Tom Davis (Va.)
Charlie Dent (Pa)
Mark Kirk (Il)
Jo Ann Emerson (Mo)
Todd Platts (Pa)
Jim Ramstad (Minn)
Fred Upton (Mich)
Jim Walsh (N.Y.)

[Note: I can only find names for 10. The one other representative mentioned in news stories is John A. Boehner (Oh.) who is the Republican leader of the House. He's certainly not a moderate. If anyone can find the 11th, let me know, please.]

There are some important questions to ask about this entire meeting.

Who authorized the meeting?
Who chose the members to confront Mr. Bush?
How were the schedules of everyone in Bush's staff (e.g. Rice, Gates, Pace) cleared for attendance?
Why moderates?
How important is the timing of this meeting?

and...

Who came up with the term pivotal watershed? puhleeze...