[Bahbah]

Democrats picked Durbin (D-Ill.) to be their No. 2 leader because he is one of the most articulate and informed senators on his side of the aisle.

LOL. This is hilarious. Read his remarks carefully. The sentence structure would barely merit a "D". And clearly he is not very "informed" in matters of history.

[YaYa123]

The democrats other tactic for taking the heat off Durbin is to remind people that Rick Santorum used the nazi analogy too. What Sweet and democrats don't do, is remind people that Rick Santorum apologized within 24 hours. For those who don't remember:

"Sen. Rick Santorum says he "meant no offense" by referring to Adolf Hitler while defending the GOP's right to ban judicial filibusters as Senate leaders prepared to start a countdown Friday to a vote over whether to stop minority senators from blocking President Bush's judicial nominees.

"Referencing Hitler was meant to dramatize the principle of an argument, not to characterize my Democratic colleagues," Santorum, the No. 3 Republican in the GOP leadership in the Senate, said of his remarks Thursday." "

When Republicans do it they apologize." promptly!

[oldbrowser]

Six months ago, Senate Democrats picked Durbin (D-Ill.) to be their No. 2 leader because he is one of the most articulate and informed senators on his side of the aisle.

If Durbin is one of the most articulate and informed senators on his side of the aisle they are in deep, deep trouble.

I think it is that Durbin is more partisan than most on his side of the aisle.