Did Fredo resign contingent upon Joe Lieberman's assent to resign his Senate seat and take the appointment at Justice? Connecticut has a GOP governor... who then could appoint a Republican to succeed Lieberman and thus tip the balance in the Senate.

For those of us who care about America, it's a nightmare scenario. But it's also altogether possible, knowing Lieberman's erratic behavior since Bush-Cheney stole the election of 2000 from him and Al Gore. In short — please, let's not go there.

I have no wish to aid Bush in any way. In my opinion, he's the Worst Person Who's Ever Lived. But here's how he can extricate himself from this Justice quagmire. Here's an appointment for A.G. that will be guaranteed to sail through the Senate, and it's not a guy who's beholden to the White House (after all, he was a McCain supporter): former military prosecutor Lindsay Graham.

He's way too young to be set adrift in The Wilderness in 17 months. And I think the governor of South Carolina is a Democrat. But what the hell, they're going to lose even more Senate seats next year.

You forgot Moe Berg.

Please don't use the word "Democrat" as an adjective.

We must elect more Democrats to the House and Senate in 2008. Pelosi and Reid don't have the numbers right now, folks. Give them more. And yes, shove it down the Republicans' throats in 2008 -- instead of convening a circular firing squad.

It's just you.

First of all, life has been so bad in America in the last six-plus years that the Democrats could nominate a ticket of Britney Spears and Paris Hilton and I would still vote for them. How can things get any worse? The U.S. has alienated the entire world, the Administration is thumbing its nose at the Constitution, we are torturing people in the name of freedom, and oh, by the way, the polar ice caps are melting. I really don't see how things can get any worse.

If somebody, anybody, male or female, can rescue us from this unmitigated disaster of an Administration, then I say, have at it.

Add to that the fact that the standard bearer might be a woman and it's an extra bonus. The country needs saving — if a candidate with solutions comes along, and happens to be a woman — then she will succeed.

I'm voting for Hillary. I have faith in a Clinton, because Clintons know how to beat the evil people who have sullied our country's reputation and squandered the good will of the world. And that's the most important thing to me right now. We must win. You can't do shit if you don't win.

...in "Hannah and Her Sisters," by Woody Allen: "If Christ could come back and see everything that's being done in his name, he would never stop throwing up."

McCain is using "Democrat" as an adjective, which is just the Republicans' sneaky way of turning the name of the opposition party into a pejorative, and which drives me crazy when the media buy into it. Would McCain refer to Israel as a "Jew nation"? Gee, I wonder.

Not only is George W. Bush the worst person who ever lived (sorry, folks, for those of you would invoke Hitler, I have higher standards for Americans), I'm inspired to GIVE MONEY TO HILLARY because of all these right-wing fulminations.

Oh, and by the way, I'm mostly inspired to do that as a Democrat — but mark you, I am also inspired to do it as a woman. And since I am not necessarly representative as a woman voter, I would caution all you anti-Hillary assholes to take note.

You may have awakened a sleeping giant. And you will pay for it.

We simply cannot allow Karl Rove into our house, which— so far — is our last safe haven in a country we no longer recognize.

It's been a long time since I picked up my very dog-eared paperback copy of "True Grit," but I believe the funniest line from the film — "By God, she reminds me of me!" — only appeared in the screenplay and not the book.

Even if the line isn't Portis', though, I hope he wouldn't object to it.

I was offended by Obama's and Edwards' demeanor toward Senator Clinton at the Saturday night debate, found Obama's "you're likable enough" comment extraordinarily condescending and beneath him, and was simply appalled at the pundits' gleeful piling on as they became certain that Clinton was going to lose. But believe it or not, the moment that I turned to my husband and said, "Gee, I wish I were registered in New Hampshire so I could vote for Hillary on Tuesday" was when I heard that Pervez Musharraf said that Benzair Bhutto was responsible for her own assassination.

It didn't matter whether we were talking about events in Manchester, New Hampshire, Washington, D.C. or Islamabad — THAT was when I knew I'd had it with the boys.