THE FUNNY THING ISN'T HOW TRIVIAL THIS ARGUMENT IS...:

Competing House Clocks Tick at Different Speeds as Members Get Down to Business (MARK LEIBOVICH, 1/13/07, NY Times)

After House Democrats posted a digital clock on their Web site on Tuesday to mark how much time had elapsed as they pushed through their First 100 Hours agenda, Republicans retaliated with their own online clock on Wednesday. They are counting down the hours passed by "a Democrat caucus fresh out of ideas."

All week, members of Congress demonstrated a much more exacting sense of the clock than usual.

"It has been an interesting 58 hours and 48 minutes as of this morning," said Representative Marsha Blackburn, Republican of Tennessee, in a floor speech Friday. But by the Democratic clock, only 23 hours and 34 minutes had passed. Ms. Blackburn criticized Democrats as engaging in "creative clock-keeping."

...but that it's the most significant one the do-nothing Democrats are engaged in.

Posted by Orrin Judd at January 13, 2007 11:29 AM