[mburbank]

The senate is in a closed door session on the wider impications of this case and it's relationship to the war right now. Reid demanded it, and it seems there are no senate rules to prevent him from having it. He wants to know why the Republican controlled congress doesn't feel the matter is worthy of investigation.

In particular he wants to know why the Republican comittee that promsied to investigate both flawed intelligecne and the way it was used did the fgirst half of their job and refused to do the second half until after the election, and then when W won, refused to do it at all.

Frist accused the Democrats of 'hijacking congress.' Good Lord! THe R's hold a slim majority and have used it for five years as if they posessed an overwhelming mandate from the American People instead of routinely getting their way by 51%.

Of course this will achieve little, but I hope it's the first sign of the democrats spine regrowing. They can't make the Republicans investigate, but they can damn well make sure the questions stay in the media. I think W chose to cave to his right wing on the Alito nomination thinking the fight would drive the Plame Outing and what it says about how the administration managed Iraq War intel off the front page.