Spin Cycle

(Fox News) - Republicans and Democrats are cranking up the spin machines in anticipation of General David Petraeus's report on the Iraq war next month. The Hill reports lawmakers are trying to anticipate what Petraeus will say — how the other side will spin it — and then how they should spin it back.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi recently told journalists — "I'm very concerned that they — Republicans — will kick the can further down the road or talk about a few anecdotal successes that they'll try to pass off as the situation in Iraq."

A spokesman for House Minority Leader John Boehner says — "Liberal Democrats are going to approach this with closed minds and open mouths."

House Majority Whip James Clyburn told The Washington Post last month that a positive report from Petraeus would be — "a real big problem for us."