[maxter]

The tantrum throwers have told Frist that if he invokes the constitutional option they will boycott the State of the Union address by the President.

That sounds like a win/win for the President and the Republicans. It works for me.

[small voice in the wilderness]

Me, too. I can't think of a better visual than half of the members of Congress missing. We couldn't buy a better photo-op for Republicans in the fall elections.