What has she done for the universe lately?

would be Obama/Feingold.

Feingold is my favorite politician anywhere ever.

But it'll probably be Obama/Edwards or Obama/Sebelius. I'd be fine with that.

But do you really think he'd ever want to be a VP again? Secretary of the Interior, sure...some kind of Environment Czar...wonderful, but playing political second to a 46 year old kid? Frankly, if he took the job I'd be embarrassed for him.

As for Edwards, I'd MUCH rather see him as an AG than a VP. He could do so much good in that spot.

On the other hand, VP Hillary sounds just fine to me (though it could backfire in the general, I admit.).

I'm personally shocked by Webb's vote - I had no idea he was going that way...  I may have been missing something here, but I am really shocked.  I guess reality just sucks sometimes...  very sad...

Melissa

when I moved to Maryland she was rated one of the most liberal members of the Senate, and that's when being a liberal actually meant something.

I don't know if it's because the NSA is in Maryland or what, but Cardin hasn't voted this way. I don't know why she's made this turn.

I just wonder who's going to be designated to run for her seat in 2010.

I suppose the more accurate thing to say, is that it is awful that this is the reality, but taking your point, to correctly read the meaning of the actions is to understand reality.  And that is critical.  

Thanks for your point, valuable insight.

Having been a carpenter and a mechanic I used tools to build, repair, improve, make workable.  Bush does none of this. Give a fool a "tool" and he will just screw things up.  

i still regret voting for her in 2000 over the anti-drug war and generally moderate tom campbell. at the time, i was of the opinion that we needed control of the senate to keep bush in check, and then feinstein went and wrote bush blank check after blank check, beyond what campbell would have done.

it was a serious mistake for us not to have started mobilizing to primary her after the iraq war vote in '02.

i just wish people here played straight about what these candidates were all about when they market them to the netroots. all the bollox about webb being a "progressive" was utterly laughable. if you want people to support a conservative, fine, say so, but be upfront about it.

pity we don't have more feingolds out there in the democratic caucus of the senate. russ plays well enough to conservatives in the north woods of wisconsin, so it's not merely a liberal-conservative thing.

he has the potential to be a better one.  Remember, even Al Gore started out as a conservative Democrat In 1988, he was basically in the place where HRC is now for the nomination ... as the conservative candidate.

Bushco has been lying since the 2000 campaign. About Everything.
(Remember compassionate conservatism?)
It worked really well. They only need to keep it up for 11 more months and this bill fits in quite nicely with that end.
One or two thousands pardons Jan. 18 2009 and Mission Accomplished. (ie, We got ours and America is fu**ed).

with dam near anything horrible we could imagine?   They've been way past most of our imaginations...oh yeah,they haven't bombed Iran.
   That that idea (Webb's son as hostage etc.) is even thinkable, even if dismissed, says volumes about an assessment of 'our' govt.

Pat Tillman.

his son being in Iraq right after Webb was elected? Apparently his son had a near miss, and Webb was tweaking out about it, and Bush decided to rub salt in the wound.

Because that's just the kind of sadistic, piece of shit motherfucker Bush is.