That's all. Thank you, Mr. Greenwald. From your lips to the ears of the electorate.

No the democrats do not bear responsibility for the law. Bush does, it is good law at this time so technically democrats cannot be resposible. Bush wants to be able to catch those,like the 9-11 terrorists before they attack again. The democrats are vested in defeat and they will attack any law that might lead to U.S. victory. If you do not believe this just listen closely to the utterances of H. Reid, Ms. Pelosi, Kennedy,Schumer, Murtha & etc.

I know which person the democrats hate the most and it ain't Bin Laden. It is President Bush. They make that very plain.

Forgive my cynicism here, but couldn't we support the bill and just work to elect a Democrat (or, hell, any non-Republican) as President in '08?

I know it's crazy, but the easiest way to "fix" this problem once and for all might be for the duly-elected President to imprison a bunch of Republican House and Senate members as enemy combatants. To make the best of it, lock up a bunch of wingnut pundits, too. I'd LOVE to see footage of Brit Hume in a 4'x4' cell in Gitmo. (I'd buy a TV and sign up for cable for that, in fact.)

The backlash would most likely demonstrate the inanity of the existing law and motivate the PUBLIC to demand the necessary change.

After the outrage over the silent coup, the President would release all the "enemy combatants" and declare that it was just a strategy to accomplish something which would have been "politically impossible."

Considering that the Republicans have spent the last 12 years "gaming the system" to accomplish short-term political goals and have gotten away with it, I'd assert that this is a course of action which can at least be entertained.