Reply #31: I don't care about the strange facial tics...

[ljm2002]

...although I agree, the strain is showing.

What bugged me about that segment was that she was trying to say that they really are doing something to hold Bush accountable. When Wolf pressed her, she clarified and said that we are making the Republicans own the war -- first it was Bush's war, and Cheney's war; but now the Republicans in Congress have taken ownership of it. What I heard when she said that was, "We can't really do anything effective, but at least we can work it so we can score political points in the next election".

Now I know I'm boiling it down -- but that was the message. And that is NOT a winning message. This is not the time for politics as usual. This is the time for slash and burn. And our side is still triangulating.

Dayum.