January 15, 2007

Rice, a Uniter of the Divided -- Dana Milbank

Bush and Rice have managed to unite this Congress. Given its recent history, that's pretty amazing:
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"I think that we don't have an option to fail in Iraq," said Rice in a hearing on Thursday.
When 'Murkowski pleaded with Rice for assurances "that this is going to yield us a better result, a different result than what we have seen in the past."
Rice could offer none. "Senator," she said, "there aren't any guarantees."'

. . . Rice's answers had the salutary effect of breaking down party divisions. Democrat Chris Dodd (Conn.). . . gave a hug to Republican Hagel. Democrat Nelson praised Republican Norm Coleman (Minn.). Republican Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) concurred with Democrat Boxer. And Democrat Russ Feingold (Wis.) had only the warmest words for Hagel.
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None spared any warmth for Bush and Rice. Heat, yes. Warmth, no.
See here for the entire text.

6 comments:

PoliShifter said...

Well, at least Condi Shoe is finally serving some purpose...

two crows said...

yeah.
who would've thought she could be effective at something.
about time

TomCat said...

The GOP Senators are running scared. A bunch of them face elections in two years, and they just saw the value of supporting Bush's megalomania in November. The Intelligence committee gave Negroponte the same two-edged grilling today, and he was just as evasive as Condi.

two crows said...

maybe the folks in Congress will all take a house by the sea together.

two crows said...

and, yeah, pre-November, the reps would have been softballing Negroponte and freezin out the dems.

WE still need to hold ALL their feet to the fire, tho.
Bush's fangs may be drawn -- and he may be the only person who still doesn't know it.
but, impeachment STILL has to happen--so the repair of the Constitution can begin.

TomCat said...

I fully agree about ALL. When I finally make it to my place today, I'll be posting an article calling the Dems to task on ethics.