TPM Reader BS chimes in on the president calling in the troops: "Just read your morning post about the National Guard and JB’s clever response. It’s obvious I’m sure, but I think the exit strategy is directly tied to exit polls. In other words, the Guard deployment is temporary because they will be brought home sometime in early November 2006. Just as the orange terror alerts in NYC and Washington amazingly disappeared after November 2004. The National Guard is being called in to deal with a political emergency."