Today the filibuster battle begins, and as The Note says:
"all the most immediate and high-impact questions revolve the looming showdown in the Senate — which won't clothe a single child, feed a single infant, extend health care to a single poor person, protect a single defenseless child, cut a single tax, or remove a single burdensome regulation."
And although I've been growing more and more disillusioned with reporting there (I think the writers, in all their breezy banter and wittiness, frame things in terms of political stereotypes thereby re-enforcing those same stereotypes, which were and are unfairly created by the Conservative echo chamber), it's a good point. Too bad Bill Frist, the White House and the Republican establishment thought making a rule breaking power grab was more important than actually legislating for the good of their constituents.
Of course the real question on my mind is: With all the star wars/politics analogies linking the Emperor with the President, when will the counter spin begin, who will be the first pundit to call Bush/Frist a Jedi Knight and will there be any light sabers involved?