Presidential Candidates Take Advantage of Senate Hearings« Thread Started on Sept 13, 2007, 6:49am » --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Presidential Candidates Take Advantage of Senate HearingsWednesday, September 12, 2007; Page A06read at source> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 69.htmlFor four Democratic presidential candidates, yesterday's Iraq hearings offered a high-profile platform to challenge President Bush on Iraq. For the lone Senate Republican seeking the White House, the hearings were an opportunity to boost his struggling candidacy by embracing what the top two U.S. officials in Iraq said were signs of progress.The nearly 10 hours of testimony by Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, the commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan C. Crocker before two Senate committees featured a decided political edge that was missing from their Monday appearances before a House committee.