The lameness of Harry Reid and the Democrats

Jules Crittenden:

I think we can now officially call this a lame-duck Congress:

WaPo: No-confidence resolution against Gonzales fails in the Senate.

I don’t mean to be cute about it. OK, I do. By the standard that’s been applied to President Bush, the Democratic Congressional leadership is toast. Hamstrung and hogtied. Sorry, insensitive choice of words. How about pistol-whipped. Bitchslapped. Lame. L-A-M-E.

But let’s hear it from the lame duck himself:

“They can try to have their votes of no confidence, but it’s not going to determine — make the determination who serves in my government,” Mr. Bush said, adding, “This process has been drug out a long time, which says to me it’s political.”

Here’s the standard of lame-duckness I’m talking about. By that standard, this Congress is done. Time to pack it in. It threw everything into ending this war, and couldn’t manage more than a moderate non-binding tsk tsk. It’s tried everything it can to force the resignation of Alberto Gonzales, with the press cheering it on, and can’t manage a vote of no confidence.

Lame.

Uh oh, it’s worse than I thought. Reid’s approval rating drops to 19 percent. According to Democratic standards, I believe it’s time for Reid to start bussing Bush’s table. His numbers are as bad as Scooter Libby’s. Dick Cheney at 38 percent has twice the approval rating Reid does.

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There is more lameness with links. Reid did not get to this point all on his own. He has been pushed over the cliff by many in his caucus who should not be allowed to avoid responsibility. Chief among the cheerleaders of the lame is Chuck Schumer who has been trying to construct a case from nothing about Gonzales and the US Attorney firings. He knows there is no there there, but keeps trying to manufacture something for political purposes and not for making the government better. His side quick/house mate Dick Durbin has also pushed this ridiculous agenda. He continues to show the tone deftness he had when he compared the troops at Gitmo to Nazis. They have deluded themselves into believing that all these votes are gooing to get them more Senate seats. Put me down as skeptical at this point as are most of the people that Rasmussen is polling.