Meanwhile, back at the White House...

This just came over the wire...

WASHINGTON (CNN) – Senate Democrats accused President Bush Tuesday of withdrawing one of his Federal Elections Commission nominees to protect Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee for president.

The president revamped his list of nominees earlier Tuesday in an effort to break a long deadlock that has paralyzed the election watchdog in the middle of a contentious campaign year.

But instead of withdrawing the name of Republican Hans von Spakovsky — a former Justice Department Civil Rights section lawyer some Democrats believe promoted policies that harmed minority voters — Bush dropped commission chairman David Mason, a Republican who has blocked McCain's attempts to abandon the presidential public financing system.

Bush replaced Mason on his list with Republican Donald McGahn, the National Republican Congressional Committee's lead lawyer and a former attorney for Rep. Tom Delay, the former Republican House Majority Leader with connections to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff. DeLay resigned from Congress after he was accused of corruption.

Rich. Really rich. Does The Worst President Ever really think Congress will let this pass?

The federal election board is a joke anyway. The Rethugs have turned it into another worthless partisan tool. Now they can point to it as yet another example of how government doesn't work "for the people." As if they gave a ...

Here's a fairly typical Portrait of a Republican:

Bush's pathetic gambit won't help McCain in the fall when he loses by ten points in the general and the Senate gets a 60+ majority.

If Congress has a lick of sense they'll just "pocket veto" this and see that the deadlock continues. No election board is better than a Rethug tool election board.

Bush's end is near...

GO BARACK!

•  Don't tip me...

  OK, tip me, but go over and donate to Barack Here.

  by The Lighthouse Keeper on Tue May 06, 2008 at 06:50:49 PM PDT

•  Great Art

   Did you draw this?

  by kevinpdx on Tue May 06, 2008 at 06:58:41 PM PDT

  •  Yeah. I WISH.

    I'm pretty good at Illustrator, but that's beyond my capabilities.

    High Acidity, in fact, did it.

    by The Lighthouse Keeper on Tue May 06, 2008 at 06:59:52 PM PDT

•  There's Real Pain in This For Some of Us

  There is a real problem with the lack of resolution on this issue.  I and many others are waiting to get paid for services delivered to Presidential candidates in the past months.  The (former) candidates are waiting for funds from the Federal Elections Commission and they can't pay us until this thing is settled.  It seems the FEC lacks a quorum at present.

  This is a bread and butter issue for some of us and we wish it would be settled soon.  Obviously that isn't going to happen.

  by nuketeacher on Tue May 06, 2008 at 07:17:22 PM PDT

  •  Not if the quorum is a corrupt DeLay supporter

    This is what happens when people elect Republicans. It's up to us to make sure this never happens again.

    That is just terrible. But please don't point the finger at Congress. Bush is being deliberately obtuse. He still seems to think he can get away with crap like this.

    I hope your situation is resolved equitably in the very near future. But, given the circumstances, I wouldn't hold my breath. Best of luck.

    by The Lighthouse Keeper on Tue May 06, 2008 at 07:22:13 PM PDT

•  Imagine that

  Nothing changes with Bushco

  by eeff on Tue May 06, 2008 at 07:32:45 PM PDT

•  note: never post a good diary on election night

  I learned the hard way about an hour ago. You get about 20 minutes on the new diaries list while everyone else is twittering away about results.

  by bobinson on Tue May 06, 2008 at 07:51:36 PM PDT

  •  I know, huh?

    I just wanted to TRY to get the word out.

    I think I'll cross-post it on my "MyBarackObama" blog, anyway.

    by The Lighthouse Keeper on Tue May 06, 2008 at 08:23:03 PM PDT