July 9, 2008
POLITICAL SAT QUESTION--AS W IS TO LAWRENCE WELK...?:
Senate Backs Wiretap Bill to Shield Phone Companies (ERIC LICHTBLAU, 7/09/08, NY Times)
The plan, approved by a vote of 69 to 28, marked one of Mr. Bush’s most hard-won legislative victories in a Democratic-led Congress where he has had little success of late. And it represented a stinging defeat for opponents on the left who had urged Democratic leaders to stand firm against the White House after a months-long impasse.“I urge my colleagues to stand up for the rule of law and defeat this bill,” Senator Russell D. Feingold, Democrat of Wisconsin, said in closing arguments.
But Senator Christopher S. Bond, the Missouri Republican who is vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said there was nothing to fear in the bill “unless you have Al Qaeda on your speed dial.”
...so are congressional Democrats to an accordion. Posted by Orrin Judd at July 9, 2008 3:11 PM
... marked one of Mr. Bush’s most hard-won legislative victories in a Democratic-led Congress where he has had little success of late.
Is that how the NYT defines 'little success' -- FISA, the war bills, appropriations, nominees, etc.? How will Eric Lichtblau report on a President Obama who can't get anything past the Senate?
Posted by: Steve White at July 9, 2008 5:54 PMFor a lame duck Mr. Bush is awfully spry.
Posted by: Mikey at July 9, 2008 6:25 PM
George Bush : Tab Hunter :: The Democrats : Paul Lynde, circa 1976
Posted by: Bryan at July 9, 2008 5:22 PM