I'm often amazed at how short the attention span is

Tony Snow, April 30, 2007.

Q Setting benchmarks, not timetables -- political benchmarks for the Iraqis.

MR. SNOW: Well, if you set a political benchmark with penalties, that would imply that you have a timetable, that you have certain deadlines. ....

Do we want to see more rapid political progress? Yes. But do we want to be binding people on the basis of artificial deadlines? No.

President Bush today,

One message I have heard from people from both parties is that the idea of benchmarks makes sense. And I agree. It makes sense to have benchmarks as a part of our discussion on how to go forward. And so I've empowered Josh Bolten to find common ground on benchmarks, and he will continue to have dialogue with both Republicans and Democrats.

And nobody says a word