Of course there are the obvious painful backdrops to last night's cave-in by the Dems on domestic spying, such as the White House officials currently in contempt of Congress for refusing to even show up for subpoenas, the House passing an energy bill yesterday (minus CAFE standards) hours before the cave-in that Bush already says he'll veto, and a Justice Department actively obstructing investigations into the clearly illegal NSA spying that has already occurred, but the two back to back late night bills last night seem to say it all right now ...
Dems cave on 4th amendment rights and checks and balances
WASHINGTON - The House handed President Bush a victory Saturday, voting to expand the government's abilities to eavesdrop without warrants on foreign suspects whose communications pass through the United States.
The 227-183 vote, which followed the Senate's approval Friday, sends the bill to Bush for his signature.
Dems cede the Power of the Purse to Bush against all reason. At this critical juncture of the erosion of separation of powers, this Congress runs away in terror from the prospect of upholding their oath of office to defend the constitution of the United States of America by using the primary tool left them currently by the founding fathers - the power of the purse to check an out-of-control executive branch.
WASHINGTON - The House approved modest changes to President Bush's record Pentagon budget proposal early Sunday, but Democrats signaled plans to resume a more contentious debate over the Iraq war after the August recess.
Well, good thing they're going to do more talking about things somewhere down the road! That's the kind of leadership voters want to see during this pervasive national crisis of confidence.