[AnAmericanMother]

. . . audibly speaking, following commands and understanding speech . . .

That is a guarded assessment if I ever heard one. Does not sound like he's anywhere near ready to return to work.

And I do hope they are not troubling him with the whole reelection issue while he's trying to recover.

[Obadiah]

That's my point! This guy is barely functional and he is somehowapparently voting in the Senate, and now running for reelection. It is a farce! And if he were a Republican (given that the balance of the Senate hinges on him) we would have had nightly news stories on how he is NOT progressing, and the pressure would quickly mount for him to resign.

why haven't any Republicans said anything - at all - to step up the pressure for this guy to resign? This could be done without malice.

[MARTIAL MONK]

In 2000 Missouri elected a dead man over John Ashcroft.