Bush on the defensive.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/05/politics/05assess.html GOP agenda may be at risk
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/03/AR2005090301065.html?nav=hcmodule Senate Minority Leader Harry M. Reid (Nev.) implored Republicans late last week to drop plans to take up permanent repeal of the estate tax soon after Congress returns to work. "With thousands presumed dead after Hurricane Katrina and families uprooted all along the Gulf Coast, giving tax breaks to millionaires should be the last thing on the Senate's agenda," Reid said.
Can the rest of the democrats please find their backbones now that we've got two justices to replace, a fucked-up war and a largely-preventable disaster on the table?