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the G-man said:
Frist is not the only one convinced the Democrats don't have the votes. Minority leader Harry Reid, also a Democrat, is also convinced. That's why he's so worried.



The Washington Post has a hilarious description of Democratic senators, "filing in for their weekly caucus lunch yesterday" and reacting to Feingold's proposal to censure President Bush for fighting terrorism:

    "I haven't read it," demurred Barack Obama (Ill.).

    "I just don't have enough information," protested Ben Nelson (Neb.). "I really can't right now," John Kerry (Mass.) said as he hurried past a knot of reporters--an excuse that fell apart when Kerry was forced into an awkward wait as Capitol Police stopped an aide at the magnetometer.

    Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) brushed past the press pack, shaking her head and waving her hand over her shoulder. When an errant food cart blocked her entrance to the meeting room, she tried to hide from reporters behind the 4-foot-11 Barbara Mikulski (Md.).

    "Ask her after lunch," offered Clinton's spokesman, Philippe Reines. But Clinton, with most of her colleagues, fled the lunch out a back door as if escaping a fire. . . .

    So nonplused were Democrats that even Sen. Charles Schumer (N.Y.), known for his near-daily news conferences, made history by declaring, "I'm not going to comment." Would he have a comment later? "I dunno," the suddenly shy senator said.