U.S. Senate: Burning Down the House

[drone]

Looks like DevDave got his wish.

Blagojevich truly has been the best Christmas present ever. Hopefully he sticks it out and we get to see an impeachment. I'm sure he can leak lots of goodies on members of the state legislature. That would be high comedy.

[Lemur]

... aaaaand now the Dems say Burris can join the Senate. What a complete waste of time this has been.

Is it just me, or does Harry Reid strike you as one of the most ineffective political leaders in the last 500 years? This dude does not understand arm-twisting, backroom threatening, pol bribing or just generally getting-his-way-ing. Reid lacks the spine and persistence of former Senate Majority Leaders such as Bill Frist, Tom Daschle or Trent Lott. The descriptors that come to mind for Reid are "limp," "flaccid," "empty" and "impotent."

After a private 45-minute meeting with the former Illinois state attorney general, Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the majority leader, and Senator Richard J. Durbin of Illinois, the No. 2 Senate Democrat, said that they were open to recognizing Mr. Burris’s appointment as long as he met several conditions.

They said that Mr. Burris, whose appointment was challenged because of the federal corruption inquiry surrounding Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich, has to win the signature of the Illinois secretary of state and persuade a state legislative committee considering Mr. Blagojevich’s impeachment that there was nothing untoward about his selection.

Blago ran rings around the Washington Dems. You have to kind of admire his moxie, as well as the dead opossum on his head.

[drone]

George Bush, low approval ratings, lame duck status, and all, has run rings around Reid and the Washington Dems. Completely spineless. So don't be giving Blago too much credit.

[Spino]

...Is it just me, or does Harry Reid strike you as one of the most ineffective political leaders in the last 500 years? This dude does not understand arm-twisting, backroom threatening, pol bribing or just generally getting-his-way-ing. Reid lacks the spine and persistence of former Senate Majority Leaders such as Bill Frist, Tom Daschle or Trent Lott. The descriptors that come to mind for Reid are "limp," "flaccid," "empty" and "impotent."

They left out 'arrogant' and 'immature'. Reid may look like an elder statesman but he acts like a histrionic brat who throws a tantrum when he doesn't get his way.

Blago ran rings around the Washington Dems. You have to kind of admire his moxie, as well as the dead opossum on his head.

I suppose, but that would imply he's schooled in the Machivellan Method and thus in possession of more than a modicum of gray matter. Given that his current political woes were caused by similarly ballsy and cavalier decisions I'm inclined to think he's a mediocre minded egomaniac who blindly follows his id. Then again maybe I'm wrong, maybe a modicum of gray matter isn't required to run circles around the pack of proverbial rocket scientists currently running Washington.

I think modern science has yet to determine exactly what that thing is on the top of his head. It looks like a mutagenic manifestation of some follicular horror you'd find in a high school yearbook from the mid-70s...

[Devastatin Dave]

Looks like DevDave got his wish.

Blagojevich truly has been the best Christmas present ever. Hopefully he sticks it out and we get to see an impeachment. I'm sure he can leak lots of goodies on members of the state legislature. That would be high comedy.

Thank you for the recognition my good fellow.