It would put Pelosi in a far stronger position to get ‘er done if it were to appear that a sustained majority outcry for impeachment simply forced her at long last to permit it to proceed.

That might be true, but she’s had a tin ear for at least six months, already. It seems like they’re waiting for a Saturday Night Massacre tsunami, and instead “all” they’re gettng is a tidal wave.

But as KO explained last night (on segment #5?), the Democratic leadership has decided that progressives don’t matter because “we don’t have anywhere to go.” Guess they haven’t heard about the concept of energizing your base. We could just sit on our hands, y’know.

Bob in HI

That, my friends, is the textbook definition of treason.

I don’t think that Rove had to subdue journalists or turn them into stenographers. They sold themselves and their integrity willingly, even enthusiastically. From the White House point of view, the surprise was that it was so cheap and easy to do.

Ever since the Fairness Doctrine was scrubbed, TV executives have decided that to make more money, news had to have more entertainment value. Thus, news became infotainment, and journalists became infotainers. I can imagine in my mind’s eye a meeting in the conference room of every newspaper and TV station, the producer calling a meeting and shouting at his crew, “Alright, folks; you know what to do! Now get out there and titillate!

Bob in HI

Takes some serious chutzpah to apply for a job with TIME after that.

uh, that would be David Shuster.

Of course. I used to know a Mike S.; hence my confusion.

Olbermann! Mike Shuster! Yea!

What are they saying? Tha..tha…tha..that they all LIED?

Good God!

uh, that would be David Shuster.