There is nothing to discuss. Bush has set preconditions. I hope Pelosi refuses to show up.

Bush Invites Democrats to Discuss Iraq

President Bush invited lawmakers to the White House next week to try to break the stalemate on Iraq war funding, but he made it clear yesterday that he is not budging on his key demand -- a "clean" bill without "artificial deadlines" for withdrawal or restrictions on his commanders on the ground.

At the same time, Bush used a morning visit to American Legion Post 177 in Fairfax to renew pressure on Congress to send him the spending bill, warning that the Pentagon will soon be forced to transfer an additional $1.6 billion in funds from other military accounts to make up for a looming shortfall in funding for the Iraq operations. The appearance was another in a series of steps calculated at stiffening the spines of his conservative base for a coming confrontation with Democratic lawmakers.

"Democratic leaders in Congress are bent on using a bill that funds our troops to make a political statement about the war," Bush told the audience. "They need to do it quickly and get it to my desk so I can veto it, and then Congress can get down to the business of funding our troops without strings and without further delay."

Democratic leaders reacted coolly to the latest mix of overture and threat from the president, with Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) suggesting they would not attend the White House meeting unless Bush dropped what they consider to be his preconditions.

"I've prided myself on being a pretty good trial lawyer," said Reid. "I've settled lots and lots of cases. But you never settle a case going in saying, 'You can come and meet with me, but here's what the result's going to be before we meet.' That doesn't work."

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