Well, in some better news on the Democratic side, when they had the short session in the Senate earlier tonight, Reid said that he supported Bush in this effort, and Schumer didn't politicize the thing. I'll take that as a miracle.
Reid, to his credit, didn't politicize it too much other than making sure Byrd got special recognition on the legislation for his '06 campaign. I can live with that.
Schumer, on the other hand, let it be known a full scale blame game against Bush would be launched once the immediate aftermath was dealt with.