[TomGuy]

Republicans have caught the Democrats in a midnight “stimulus” power play that seeks to cut Republican conferees out of the House-Senate negotiations

Sort of what the House Republican did when they were drafting the medicare prescription bill -- they invited insurance and drug company reps in but refused admittance to the House Dems.

It's called payback. That's what happens when you squander your leadership and become the minority party.

[Gondring]

Sort of what the House Republican did when they were drafting the medicare prescription bill -- they invited insurance and drug company reps in but refused admittance to the House Dems.

It's called payback. That's what happens when you squander your leadership and become the minority party.

Tough concept for some people...often those who gloat when fortunes are reversed.

Fewer Voters Identify as Republicans:
Democrats Now Have the Advantage in "Swing" States
(Pew Research Center for the People & the Press; March 20, 2008)