I am afraid that
this is a huge mistake on the part of the Democrats. I think, as many suggested last night, that the Dems need to extend the Patriot Act debate well into the beginning of the 2006 voting cycle. I am concerned that the Dems are too anxious to get/stay home for the holidays to stand up to Sensenbrenner's insistence. One point worth thinking about is that the House leadership (in order to give itself enough time to put on its knee-pads for DeLay) has already decided to reconvene in late January. One month from now is late January. Because of this, a one month extention is problematic for the Democrats to have accepted, and I am afraid we are going to end up with the same freaking situation we were just in. Why let the Republicans get away with this brief extension?