"This is a dangerously wrongheaded strategy that will drive America deeper into an unwinnable swamp at a great cost." Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb.
"As our commanders have said repeatedly, Iraq requires a political solution, not a purely military one, and we did not hear such a proposed solution tonight." Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY
"Escalating our involvement with an increase in the number of troops in Iraq will further strain our own military and reduce our ability to fight a global war on terror." Sen. Ken Salazar, D-Colo.
"We are extending an ineffective tactic to further the status quo. Iraqis must be the ones to settle their own peace." Sen. Gordon Smith, R-Ore.
"The president knows he's walking into a buzz saw. If he had answers, he would have given them a long time ago." Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y.
"I do not believe that sending more troops to Iraq is the answer. Iraq requires a political rather than a military solution." Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan.
"I applaud the president for rejecting the fatalism of failure and pursuing a new course to achieve success in Iraq." Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn.:puke: