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By AndrewHyman Posted in Senate Rules — Comments () / Email this page » / Leave a comment »

The New York Times has this report:

Mr. Reid called President Bush "drunk with power" and urged voters to "set aside your partisan views and oppose this arrogant abuse of power."
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This week, MoveOn.org is buying $100,000 in air time to run television commercials depicting a giant hand using the dome of the Capitol as a rubber stamp, followed by an image of Vice President Dick Cheney with a crown on his head. A spokesman for the group said the advertisements would begin running in Washington and on CNN nationally.
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"They are the ones who want to spend money," said Senator Trent Lott, Republican of Mississippi. "If we don't get appropriations bills and we wind up spending less money in appropriations, I like that. So who are they punishing here?"
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Senator John Thune, Republican of South Dakota, said of the showdown: "I think it is imminent. At some point we are going to have this fight, and I am ready."

The people drunk with power here are the minority leaders who can't sober up from being in the majority all those years. They owe the Senate and President their advice and counsel --- not their dictates.

I guess we'll soon see whether the GOP is still the "Grand Old Party," and whether the GOP Senate can deal respectfully but firmly with the cantankerous minority.