photo by bmcguirkLeading Democrat Russ Feingold on Charlie Rose: I was pleased, Charlie, that Lincoln Chafee, Senator from Rhode Island, a Republican -- even though he didn't say he would vote for it he did not rule out the possibility that censure would be the right answer at some point in time.

Digby catches DC Beltway denizen Cokie Roberts sticking her finger in the air and coming up -- bloggers:Democrats are enjoying their miseries. Jack Reed of Rhode Island said to me this week-end "we have a strong wind at our back and all we have to do is get a sail up, any sail, some sail" but they haven't managed to do that yet.

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I am thrilled to announce that Glenn Greenwald has some news: he's finishing a book which is scheduled to be published in May 2006. This could not come at a better time, in terms of the public debate -- we've all been discussing the separation of powers issues and the question of our nation of laws being sacrificed on the alter of Presidential power by the Bush

The Washington Post has it's usual "party in disarray" article out this morning -- but this time, for a twist, they are talking Republicans instead of Democrats. A lot of this is simply public posturing in an attempt to distance the party brand from the failures of the Bush Administration -- with the mid-terms in 2006 fast approaching and thoughts of 2008 beginning to loom large as well, no one wants

Digby wrote an article yesterday that is well worth reading...and reading again...regarding Brit Hume's hissy fit on Fox News Sunday and its implications about the state of the Republican party. When one party is as unpopular as the president the the Republicans are now, the public is open to hearing things they haven't been willing to hear in a long time.