http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/09/21/rumors-swirling/ Summum nec metuas diem, nec optes - Marcus Valerius Martialis Tue, 02 Aug 2011 22:27:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/09/21/rumors-swirling/comment-page-1/#comment-21779 Blue Crab Boulevard » Blog Archive » No Joy In Mudville Fri, 22 Sep 2006 18:25:45 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/09/21/rumors-swirling/#comment-21779 [...] The Real Clear Politics Blog has an interesting take on the compromise reached by the White House and the hold-out Senators led by John McCain. This may, John McIntyre says, have painted the Democrats into a real corner. (It is something I touched on yesterday as well). Liberals will hate the analogy to "24," but at the end of the day large portions of the public see this debate as between those trying to give the America's Jack Bauers the legal protection to do what is necessary to keep Americans safe, while opponents play the role of bureaucratic suits and elitists more concerned about what the rest of the world might think. It is a straw man thrown out by critics of the President to say that this is about the "rule of law," because the entire process the White House has engaged in has been all about the "rule of law" and getting the people's representatives in the House and the Senate to pass a bill the President can sign into law. [...] [...] The Real Clear Politics Blog has an interesting take on the compromise reached by the White House and the hold-out Senators led by John McCain. This may, John McIntyre says, have painted the Democrats into a real corner. (It is something I touched on yesterday as well). Liberals will hate the analogy to "24," but at the end of the day large portions of the public see this debate as between those trying to give the America's Jack Bauers the legal protection to do what is necessary to keep Americans safe, while opponents play the role of bureaucratic suits and elitists more concerned about what the rest of the world might think. It is a straw man thrown out by critics of the President to say that this is about the "rule of law," because the entire process the White House has engaged in has been all about the "rule of law" and getting the people's representatives in the House and the Senate to pass a bill the President can sign into law. [...]

]]> http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/09/21/rumors-swirling/comment-page-1/#comment-21687 ck Thu, 21 Sep 2006 22:25:00 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/09/21/rumors-swirling/#comment-21687 McPain gonna run as an independent? Starting to look that way. McPain gonna run as an independent? Starting to look that way.

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