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TantrumPowerLine's comments on the Democrats' temper tantrum today:The Democrats must feel that they are losing momentum now that the Republicans have their act together on the Supreme Court, and Fitzgerald did not indict Rove. That the Dems see throwing a...Your Confirmation Glossary
Hey, kids! Having a hard time keeping all of the lingo of the nomination and confirmation process straight? Ever wish you could do some vocabulary building before wading into the latest twaddle churned out by our fair-minded media? Well, you're...Year in Review
It's been one year since John Thune unseated Tom Daschle from the Senate. Here are some of the major things Thune has accomplished in his first year as Senator. 1) ELLSWORTH: Thune's work to save Ellsworth Air Force Base was...Johnson, from Taliban to arch-conservative
South Dakota Senator Tim Johnson has this quote in today?s Argus Leader:It's my hope that both groups on the left and the right will take a deep breath and back off, Johnson said. Grenades from both the liberal and arch-conservative...Online Freedom of Speech Act: A Round-up
You know, I'm still pretty damn irked that Congressman Osborne voted against the Online Freedom of Speech Act in today's motion vote. So tonight I spent some time seeing what other folks were saying about yet another defeat for online...Hyping Samuel Altio
Did a quick Google blog search this morning for Samuel Alito, and found some interesting results. Alito on Federal Courts and Appellate Advocacy. Sam Alito, As I Knew Him. Justice Alito? Intrade: Alito Is the Next Supreme Court Nominee. There's...Know Where I Can Get A Used Scooter?
Looks like Scooter Libby is going to be indicted. Karl Rove won't bet getting the call, at least for right now. I told you so. (Well, me and lots of other people probably.)...Grandstanding in Senate: Donk Politics as Usual
Senate Democrats force closed session on Iraq data
Democrats surprised Republicans by forcing the Senate into closed session yesterday to raise the profile of prewar intelligence failures related to Iraq and last week's indictment of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff.Eh? Reality check in order?
"The Libby indictment provides a window into what this is really all about, how this administration manufactured and manipulated intelligence in order to sell the war in Iraq," Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid said, moments before he and his top lieutenant forced the closed session.Dusty Harry Ried et al have managed to cook up a grandstanding play, which ultimately accomplished nothing - the GOP had been working on this stuff for 15 months, and had already scheduled the meeting that Ried claimed to have wrung out of them. I guess he needed to do something to get his name back into the news cycle.
When the doors opened two hours later, Democrats said they got what they wanted because Republicans agreed to hold intelligence committee meetings and finish a report on prewar intelligence. Republicans said they didn't give up anything because the plan to hold a meeting next week had been made before the session. By yesterday evening, the Senate was back debating budget cuts.So what in the world do the Donks think they accomplished here? There isn't anything the Chief can see, except for jabbing the eyes of GOP Senate Intel Committee Chair Roberts.
"If that's not politics, I'm not standing here," said Sen. Pat Roberts, chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. The Kansas Republican said Democrats on the committee tipped their hand last year when a staff memo surfaced that they intended to exhaust the bipartisan process and then "pull the trigger" to demand an independent investigation sometime this year.
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