[Cold Heat]

Your observation is correct, but I would expect such nonsense in the House, but not the Senate.

It appears to me, that it was after some vote counting in the Senate on Shumers late addition to a bill that was not even ready for debate, that the White House and the UAE saw something that caused them to pull out of the deal.

Frist lost control of the Senate apparently, and they were ready to make fools of themselves as they have done before on the Shiavo vote.

This is just nuts and very dangerous to have a Senate responding to public or political pressures that are emotionally laden. It has never happened in my memory except for these recent gaffs.

I don't know why exactly, but it must stop and stop now or there will be hell to pay in the voting booth for every incumbent and I'll be participating gladly.

[Dolphy]

Frist lost control of the Senate apparently...

Generously, Frist leaves a lot to be desired, but who do you suppose could control the Senate?

[AmeriBrit]

I lay all the blame on the back of Jerry Lewis for being such a sneak and attaching the defense bill knowing full well the majority wouldn't go against our troops, but by none of the others coming out in force and explaining what had happened made them in my book a bunch of hypocrites. Maybe I wasn't watching at the right time but never once after it was first announced did I hear mention of the attachment being added, which in turn made it falsely appear that it was the port deal and only the port deal they were voting on.