Those who believe that Steny Hoyer “caved” to the Bush Administration are mistaken.  He “caved” to the Telecom Firm interests, and “caving” may not really be the operable term.  Really, I’ve known this coming as for the past few months, even after the House scuttled this, Hoyer had been making noises insisting that a “sensible compromise” was, indeed, “possible”.  Hoyer being the Democratic Majority Leader, that means it is his priority (if not anyone else’s down the chain of the Democrats) and it will a’happen. 

The implications: If the president asks you to do something illegal and you do it, you will get immunization.  My head hurts.

The ironic thing is here is that we would be better off with a Republican Congress — the Democratic minority had scuttled this issue better than the Democratic majority — and the implications of that thought are pretty depressing.

I have had a particular matter in my back pocket, waiting to bring this up.  Those three special elections everyone has been celebrating, the three special elections which have had the Republican Party quaking in their boots.  I have been waiting for one of these set-up votes to see where these Democrats stand.   It’s a 2 to 1 split for the Immunity Bill.  The man from Illinois was against.  The other two?  You know the story.

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