Yay to Senator Olympia Snowe for standing--I mean, sitting against Bush's Social Security privatization. Surrounded by fellow Republicans who jumped to their feet applauding the president's SOTU words, Snowe remained seated and smiling. From Josh Marshall, who is cracking me up with his designations of the Fainthearted Faction (Demos), and the Conscience Caucus (Repubs).
[One of the stories I have been following with interest is the attempt by the administration to phase out Social Security - variously referred to by proponents as privitization / private accounts / personal accounts / personalization. I've learned a lot from reading Kevin Drum's posts on this topic over at Political Animal. I've also been following the impressive work Josh Marshall is doing over at Talking Points Memo in tracking where Senators and Representatives stand on this issue. To me, this is the first big test of how able the Democrats are at functioning as an opposition party. - SoupCatcher].
And Kos picks up the story of City Commissioner Linda Coates who was blacklisted, along with a number of other local Democratic leaders, from a attending a Bush speech in her own city of Fargo. Must. Not. Have. Dissent.
Finished Nevada Barr's High Country... I think this one would make a good movie.
[On second thought, I think I'll take back this comment. The sections of the book that are the most dramatic take place either at night or in low visibility fog - kind of hard to portray that using the silver screen. - SoupCatcher]
