Senate Democrats and Republicans reached agreement with the Bush administration yesterday on the terms of new legislation to control the federal government's domestic surveillance program, which includes a highly controversial grant of legal immunity to telecommunications companies that have assisted the program, according to congressional sources.
Are they willing to fight for anything? No wonder they are so easily painted as weak on defense, they don't appear to be willing to fight hard for anything. Telecom blanket immunity before we know what went on? Sure, no problem. Mukasey's confirmation hearings happening before we get anything from DOJ? Sure, why not. Compromise on SCHIP? What the hell, what have we got to lose?
At some point they are going to have to realize that they are considered shoo-ins in 2008 because people think that they are actually going to DO something, to change things. If they don't show any inclination to change things, I'm not sure how excited everyone is going to be. You actually have to be different from the other party to avoid the criticism that all politicians are the same.
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