[Cboldt]

We cant win with this Senate. We can only stand-pat at best.

But giving up without clearly citing WHY is, well, disingenuous. If the President can't win with the Senate holding out a 60 vote hurdle, he ought to make that an issue. It is a constitutional crisis, but the President seems to be not bothered by it.

[Miss Marple]

Well, the President could have stood up and said "I can't get Janice Rogers Brown because of Snowe, Chaffee, Collins, Hagel, McCain, Specter, etc."

And then, how much support would he get on other legislation from those people in the next three years?