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Or start fighting back. Bush apparently was mad as hell in his radio address and hopefully will continue to attack tomorrow in his televised address. However, the Republicans need to go farther than that.

The Democrats have been getting a free ride in congress. It's time to start playing hardball. Congressmen on the left need to be brought up on ethics charges for campaign finance violations. The Cisneros special prosecutor report needs to be released in full. It will destroy Hillary. It's time to put on the body armor and go to war in the House and Senate. If they don't have the nerve for it they don't need to be in the majority.

I think people are just burned out on all this poo-flinging. Nothing constructive has come out of it, which is no surprise. I think Bush can win the day if he calmly explains that he consulted the treasonous Congress, reviewed the legality of the move with his experts, and implemented it only as an extreme measure and under limited circumstances.

He can then turn the tables on the howler monkeys, and demonstrate that their feigned concern is nothing more than self-serving partisanship and betrayal of trust.

In other words, he wins if he takes the high ground. The Democrats (and a notable handful of "republicans") can never rise from their sewer, so he needn't fear any challenge for the position.