[The Vast Right Wing]

My strategy:

Bush: "Well Tom I think it is unfortunate that you would not even allow a vote on these nominees, and here's what I am going to do. First, when the senate adjourns I am going to make many recess appointments. Second, I am going to start actively campaigning for Republican senatorial candidates. When we take back the senate next year, I am going to make all of the recess appointments permanent appointments. And finally, I am going to go to the American people and explain all of the little partisan tricks that you and your colleagues in the senate have been pulling and tell the American people how this hurts the war effort. Now, do you really want to mess with me?"

[Cuttnhorse]

This is what Reagan would have done...George...We can hope.

[spycatcher]

Good idea. Send it in a letter to the White House and Congress. Wait...nevermind.

[Dems_R_Losers]

Amen! Add to that a nice little prime-time speech where the President says, "we have over 100 suspected terrorists in custody and under arrest, but due to a lack of judges we are unable to put any of them on trial and under our Constitution we are going to have to release them. We are sending them all to Sioux Falls in the morning."

I say it is time for a new Majority Leader. It is time to put the squeeze on Zell Miller to switch parties. We need a Unity Government now more than ever, and we cannot wait until January 2003. Tiny Tom and Hitlery will have done far too much damage to the war effort and the economy by that time! ZELL MUST SWITCH NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Email Zell Miller today!

[VRWC_minion]

I agree. Bush doesn't strike me as someone who will tolerate games like holding up nominations. If Lott thought he looked surprised my guess is he looked angry but was trying to hide it.

Bush probably accepted that the Dems were not going to compromise and continue to be obstructive and knows that his only course is to fight.

The last thing I would want to be is on the receiving end of a determined shrub.