Well, it could be that we have some behind the scenes hardball being played. You know, appealing to them to do this in the spirit of bi-partisanship didn't work. It still hadn't registered on a lot of the public that this was being blocked.
However, the dems overreached with their disgusting performance last week. I wonder what sorts of things were laid before these senators as threats, because regardless of what many of the people here think, President Bush paid attention to Lee Atwater quite a bit, and he is not averse to leaning on people hard when he has to.
The dems can afford to back off........the media will continue on with the crusade to destroy the president, even if it means destroying the country too.