Orrin Hatch was just on abc with steph’os, blaming the Democrats for the vacancies.
unbelievable.

Yep. If the Senate Conservative Bush Republicans would let the Dems kick out Bush & Co, then we could get those vacancies filled.

It’s the Senate Conservative Bush Republicans who are holding back progress.

They don’t care about governing, but they do care about ruling.

And so far, that’s worked out very well for them.

This is from previous thread. It was such a perfect response that I had to show it to you all.

Chris Wallace is such a wanker. Yet Russ missed a golden opportunity to rebut the “political theater” charge on the USA controversey when asked whether there was any “hard evidence” that the WH did anything wrong.

Serious? Has he been in a coma the last few years?

He should have shot back a question to Wallace: “so who actually put the USAs on the list to be fired since no one has owned up to it?” And: “where are Rove’s e-mails? How can the WH claim executive privilege for political activities?”

Or, “Why is the DOJ and WH firing US Attorneys for refusing to perform political hatchet jobs?”

On a pure fluff but curious note, did anyone notice both Cokie and Andrea wore silky orange jackets today, much like the one Edwards jokingly chided Hillary about? Are high collared orange jackets all the rage in D.C.?

Cokie’s faux outrage over Edwards’ remark about Hillary’s jacket shows how scared they are of Edwards. But, they showed the video of Hillary laughing at the joke, so Cokie just looked stupid and desperate.

It’s only been in the last couple of days that I’ve heard ANY mention of John Edwards and his poll numbers in Iowa. I guess he’s got a little momentum going.

Still, the big fight at the moment is that pitiful catfight between Obama and Hillary over … oh, what was it…something really trivial…yawn.

Edwards leads on every issue and once the public sees Hillary and Barack bickering like an old married couple they’ll probably ‘find’ Edwards. I just hope it happens before the primaries take off.

ABC has stealth neo-cons Cokie Roberts and David Gergen. They lie about Democrats. They lie about the Iraq war to keep it going indefinitely. They oppose the “left Democrats” who want immediate withdrawal. They have blood on their hands.

Their comparison of Iraq to Vietnam and how the McGovern loss should cause today’s voters to fear a shift further to the Left could’ve been straight out of a Republican (or even Hillary’s) playbook.

Times are different, though the way Bush has handled the war does have similarities to Vietnam.

Today the public knows it’s a disaster and wants out. What’s the polling say?

Well, if “Progressive” outpolls “Conservative”, then there’s a strong indication the public wants a Democrat and probably a non-DLCer to get us out of Iraq pretty quick.

How far to the Left do you have to go to find a candidate that would satisfy your personal interest and style?

If you want to leave Iraq, but you’re not in a huge hurry, then there are several who fit the bill. The big differentiation is in which candidate (as president) would leave thousands of troops there for lingering commitments.

Which would leave troops there for 1.5 or more years from the date of taking office?

Which would leave them indefinitely?

Which would remove them ALL as soon as can safely be done?

None want to commit very specifically, but when Hillary called for MORE troops than Bush had in Iraq I really have to wonder how she can get out on the campaign trail now and say the first thing she would do is get out of Iraq.

Mondale on Cheney in the WAPO.

Thanks – enjoyed the read.