WAPO: The Russ Fuss

[Coexist]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2006/03/16/BL2006031600390_3.html

It is a very long article - articulating both sides. I am having trouble deciding which paragrphs to snip.

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"Once he called for censuring President Bush, Democrats ran away from Feingold faster than cockroaches running away from Tom Delay. Why? What are they afraid of? This is not complicated. Did Bush break the law? Yes! Does he deserve censure? Yes! So do it!

"Instead, Democrats gave all kinds of bogus reasons for abandoning Feingold."

- in the following bit, they actually pull some quotes from Kos' Georgia10 -

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"Democrats are reluctant to sign on to Feingold's censure measure because they have this odd perception that they're catching up with the GOP on the national security front, and they don't want to appear 'weak on terror,' which is the lie the GOP is using to repell Democrats from supporting Feingold. Sure, Americans may trust Democrats more on national security (by ONE percentage point, well within the margin of error) but they still trust generic Republicans more, by a five point margin. But abandon that myopic vision, Democrats, because that isn't going to win back the Congress in 2006.

"Here are the REAL numbers the Democrats should contemplate as they twiddle their thumbs on censure. 70% of Americans think Democrats are doing only a 'fair or poor' job. That is a WORSE job approval than in the days before the 2004 election. How much worse? Almost ten points worse. Sure, we've caught up in which party has stronger leaders, but as of mid-January, we were still six points behind the Republicans. And while the Washington Post still peddles misinformation about how the majority of people 'support wiretapping,' the reality is that a full 52% support impeaching the President 'if President wiretapped American citizens without the approval of a judge.'"

[hippiechick]

1. Nice quote:

"... Now, here's what I don't get. You expect those knee-jerk Republicans to line behind Bush and attack Feingold. But what happened to the Democrats?

"Once he called for censuring President Bush, Democrats ran away from Feingold faster than cockroaches running away from Tom Delay. Why? What are they afraid of? This is not complicated. Did Bush break the law? Yes! Does he deserve censure? Yes! So do it!

"Instead, Democrats gave all kinds of bogus reasons for abandoning Feingold..."