Petrocelli @ 267

Nancy is shrewd … she might be saying that to create a greater chasm in the Republican ranks.

This sounds like the political equivalent of “God works in mysterious ways.”

Have you noticed that public approval of Democrats, which was riding so high in March, has now slipped down,

Their decline in leadership ratings vs. Bush is more broadly based — that’s occurred among war opponents and supporters alike, …

Of course, the failure to block war funding has taken a toll as well.

Is losing public support part of Pelosi’s shrewd plan?

Bob in HI

Oh ye of little faith…have faith in Nancy. “A woman’s place is in the House.” and Nancy is the master of that House. She’ll keep herding those cats ’til they’re all in a row, right alongside the ducks.

Of course, that doesn’t mean there aren’t some political realities which force their hands. The negative feeling toward House Dems is just frustration with the war and that’s in the hands of Dubya, not Nancy or Harry Reid.

If they start moving on an impeachment of Gonzales things might look up a little. But, probably they’ll need to pass some affirmative uplifting legislation and it’s hard to imagine what that might be with Bush ready to veto anything uplifting. Ideas?

On the original post topic of Repub attitude towards Edwards: wooo hooo! Ahem, er, I mean, that’s probably good for Dems.

But, the entire line of pressure on the WH with regards to the Plame affair has to be making Cheney and perhaps the entire Iraq Group nervous. I suspect things are not going well in many houses aside from Nancy’s. It might calm down a bit if Cheney leaves and Congressional Dems don’t chase him. [ Who might be a good replacement? ] That doesn’t mean the Iraq Group members, such as Matalin, would get away without having to testify and pull back the veil to the inner-most parts of the Bush admin. It’s the least they could do to help rectify existing problems.

I heard Zed was laid off and now he feels really negative about life, less than zero. Now he’s been replaced by Uno and that stinks because Zed really stood for something, he was important and unique, but now Uno is number one.

Strange how the Romans forgot Zed, isn’t it?

“He’s dead Jim.”

“Oh my God, they killed Zed!
The bastards!”

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MasonMcD @ 27

Vote Edwards: Disliked by all the right people.

Or is it, “Disliked by all the Right people.”

crap, wordsmith, was that a duplicate after a reboot of your system?

Yes, Suzanne – it was. I love Firefox, but I can use IE or even go thru MSN if necessary.

It’s doing it again today.

solai @ 331

Good morning everyone. What do you all think about the news that Bush is missing meetings due to stomach ailment? Is it on the level? Is he mad that he’s not getting his way so he’s not going to play? Or did someone slip something bad into his food?

From Kelly O’Donnell(sp?) “Aides admit that the president is not operating at 100%.”

“This has been a news report for those who have been in a coma since 2000.”

(I might have just imagined the last bit.)

Maybe his diet in Germany of beer and pretzels is not agreeing with him.

twolf1 @ 360

Secret CIA jails hosted by Poland, Romania: watchdog

Old and new there; I didn’t know about Romania, but RawStory reported on Poland having a black site back in March. Hmm. I wonder when others will come to light…

May I suggest that the Irish Times search
http://www.ireland.com/search/
(linky device doesn’t work, paste above into ….) on Shannon rendition flights and EU Parliamentary questions over rendition. The Irish Times archive would have everything you are looking for in a secure database for time line and who was involved. There is a facility that will gather published info over an extended period which is handy as well. All the best…….