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Feingold gets the finger, from everybody (Updated & bumped)
Just a couple of few additions to In which Uncle Jimbo takes another idiot to the woodshed: Uncle Jimbo: Feingold gets the finger, from everybody
John Hinderaker: Politics, Not Policy
*** Dafydd ab Hugh: A Circular Firing Squad
Ed Morrissey: Feingold Isolated By Angry Caucus
*** Tony Blankley:To play the presidential card
Bill Frist: Feingold Flat Wrong On Censure
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The Debate Is Over: Dems Find Their Agenda
Dem Leaders "Ecstatically" Embrace Sen. Feingold's
Plan To Weaken The Tools To Fight The War On Terror
Dem Leaders Have Embraced Sen. Russ Feingold's (D-WI) Censure "Principle" "Ecstatically":
[Read on here. Hat tip: Michelle.]
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The Vanishing Democrat
Ed Morrissey
Dana Milbank manages to eschew the orange stocking cap today in order to bring us a delightful look at the rarest of species -- Democratic politicians with nothing to say: Democratic senators, filing in for their weekly caucus lunch yesterday, looked as if they'd seen a ghost.
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[Read on here.]
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The Impeachment Agenda
Russ Feingold reveals what many Democrats really want.
WSJ.com OpinionJournal
Republicans are denouncing Senator Russ Feingold's proposal to "censure" President Bush for his warrantless wiretaps on al Qaeda, but we'd like to congratulate the Wisconsin Democrat on his candor. He's had the courage to put on the table what Democrats are all but certain to do if they win either the House or Senate in November.
In fact, our guess is that censure would be the least of it. The real debate in Democratic circles would be whether to pass articles of impeachment. Whether such an inevitable attempt succeeds would depend on Mr. Bush's approval rating, and especially on whether Democrats could use their subpoena power as committee chairs to conjure up something they could flog to a receptive media as an "impeachable" offense. But everyone should understand that censure and impeachment are important--and so far the only--parts of the left's agenda for the next Congress.
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Which brings us back to Mr. Feingold's public service in floating his "censure" gambit now. He's doing voters a favor by telling them before November's election just how Democrats intend to treat a wartime President if they take power.
Not only do they want to block his policies, they also plan to rebuke and embarrass him in front of the world and America's enemies. And they want to do so not because there is a smidgen of evidence that he's abused his office or lied under oath, but because they think he's been too energetic in using his powers to defend America. By all means, let's have this impeachment debate before the election, so voters can know what's really at stake.
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Don Surber has more here.
Below The Beltway: Running From Their Base
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Ed Morrissey: Russ Feingold -- Karl Rove's Secret Weapon, Feingold Jumps The Shark
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