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more on the senate maneuver

dana milbank of the washington post has a good play by play:

It was a cheap trick -- and it worked brilliantly. Reporters dropped their stories about Alito and covered the melee in the Senate. CNN titled the episode "Congress in Crisis." MSNBC displayed a live shot of a mostly empty hallway outside the Senate chamber and a clock showing elapsed time since the Senate went into closed session.

Republicans knew they were licked. They agreed to set a schedule for the long-delayed intelligence committee investigation Democrats demanded. "Today, the American people had a victory," Reid declared.

though goofy it may seem, this was a pretty big victory. and for once it was forged by dems instead of the right wing dongs digging their own grave.

standing for something is a novel idea.

Labels: congress

posted by the cold cowboy @ 9:48 AM