Censure

The American Research Group says that 48% of voters support censuring President Bush over the wiretaps. 43% are against censure. Don't count on Democrats, in the Senate, getting excited about those numbers.

Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) brushed past the press pack, shaking her head and waving her hand over her shoulder. When an errant food cart blocked her entrance to the meeting room, she tried to hide from reporters behind the 4-foot-11 Barbara Mikulski (Md.).

Now that's presidential leadership! Note: yes, I am being sarcastic.

Russ Feingold put the Democrats problem into perspective.

This is the same kind of thing. There were enormous
condemnations of this NSA program, not just from Democrats, but from
Republicans. Almost everybody said, this is really pretty outrageous.
But there's this tendency, as soon as the president and the spin
machine comes out and says, "This mean you folks are soft on
terrorism," we let them intimidate us.

And I think that just shows us to be weak rather than a party
that's ready to govern the country. And we need to show that we're
strong. This is a way to do it.

Update: Brad Blog has a video of Feingold's press conference.