Strong Consensus

Anybody out there think there's a certain discrepancy, maybe even a boldfaced absurd attempt at manipulating the country, when The "Stay the Course in Iraq" Administration simultaneously claims that they refuse to leave a country they've left in utter chaos because of their Invasion until we "finish the job we started," AND a "strong consenus" for their as-yet-unannounced Troop Pull out plan?

I think that they're right- they can actually claim a strong consensus, but only because everybody else is quickly beginning to join the consensus against them.