The Coburn amendment was an incredibly important thing. Instead of gentlemen deferring to each other, we saw a humiliating vote on a colleague's efforts to loot the general public. |
The good news is, for those of us who think that sometimes the (conservative) radio talk show hosts go nuts and worry that the White House will feel rattled, this is not a rattled statement. |
The governor is a very serious scuba diver. I managed not to drown. |
The idea of the Senate sticking an emergency bill full of pork and sending it to the president to veto is a gift from the gods. Prior to this, the problem was ignored. It needs to be dealt with, and there needs to be a public wrestling. |
The lesson to be learned from Colorado is that a governor who could have been president, once he turned on TABOR, ended his national ambitions, ... Being on the wrong side of this issue is a career-ender. |
The only whiners left by next week will be the registered bigots. |
The use of controlled substances for legitimate research purposes is well-established, and has yielded a number of miracle medicines widely available to patients and doctors. This case should be no different. It's in the public interest to end the government monopoly on marijuana legal for research. |
There are a number of people who won't be president in 2009, and Mark Warner is one of them. |
There are going to be some bruised feelings, |
There are going to be some bruised feelings. There's a sense that the White House asked us to salute without any preparation. But those bruised feelings will get better over time. |
There is a test of Republicans on this. The country will let you get away with this in the wake of 9/11, but that doesn't make it right. |
There was a chance for us to get damn close to [a filibuster-proof] 60 votes. We gave away three sure things. |
They folded back on themselves and decided to become the leader of a parade that could have become a revolt. That is healthy. |
This is not just a job about monetary policy anymore. Whoever Bush picks will be seen as a great economic spokesperson, period. |
This is part of laying down a marker. |