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Wednesday, March 15, 2006 12:00 AM

Democrats run and hide -- literally -- from censure resolution

Russ Feingold wonders what it will take for his colleagues to stand up to the president.

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  • Wednesday, March 15, 2006 10:20 AM

    Doesn't anyone remember a guy named Bill Clinton?

    Feingold/Hackett '08, indeed. Or, at least, Richardson/Feingold. Clinton won in '92 and '96 by standing up to the Republicans and knowing their game better than they did. Why can't anyone in Congress besides Russ see this? Including Hillary!?

    The Republicans played the Dems by forcing an early vote on the censure resolution. And they got exactly what they wanted. So, what if the Dems refused to give Frist that outcome and all voted for it? Certainly would have been a different story coming out of this.

    Where is my man Howard Dean in all of this? Seems like a play he could have understood and appreciated. Put the Republicans and the Administration on the defensive. But no, we're back to square negative one.

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