Is the surge in Iraq working or not, Nick?

Question we'd like to see temporary Congressman Nick Lampson answer today:

Which of your craaazzzzzy liberal compadres do you agree with this week? Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.), one of your party's most rabid war critics... that is until he actually WENT THERE. Came back and declared, "The Surge is working." Amazing what a little first hand religion does for the soul dontchaknow?

Or, will you side with Senate Majority Leader Dingy Harry Reid who is among the few staunch dem rats refusing to abandon your party's sad "Defeat for America" ship.

The Senate re-opened for business on Monday after a two-week Thanksgiving break, during which key Democrats traveled to Iraq and declared that the surge is working, at least from a security and military perspective. Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.), one the top war critics, stunned fellow Democrats late last week with his statement that "the surge is working," even though he added that political reconciliation has been lagging. Murtha's view was backed by Rep. Norm Dicks (D-Wash.), who also said the surge worked after he returned from Iraq.

But Reid, in a Monday press conference, ceded no ground.
"The surge hasn't accomplished its goals," Reid said. "... We're involved, still, in an intractable civil war."

Back in February, Slick Nick Lampson joined the liberal, anti-war crowd in Congress by voting FOR a resolution rebuking President Bush over his plan to add 20,000 more combat troops in Iraq (the Surge). What did Nick want to do? In a carefully worded statement he called for:

“strategic change of course in Iraq – one including diplomacy, education, and an honest reconstruction effort,” adding that he is “not here today to criticize the President, or to engage in partisan grandstanding.”

So what say you now, Mr. Lampson? Are you for the troops or against them? Don't bother answering. Your record speaks for itself. Shame on you.