Barking at the Moon
December 14th, 2006The Democratic Senator from South Dakota, Tim Johnson, had to have brain surgery and has fallen ill. If he dies or resigns, Democrats lose the Senate. Senator Harry Reid, the new Majority Leader of the Democrats, believes that Johnson will be fine and won’t step aside. I imagine that the conversations all over Washington right now are appalling and ghoulish. Talk of Johnson’s death and resignation are certainly going on all over with Republicans hoping that he’ll step down “for his own sake” (with a wink) and Democrats saying that he’ll be healthy enough to stay (or else). Truth is, I suspect that Johnson’s condition is grave and he’d do himself wonders to resign. Will he? Likely not, out of party loyalty and a feeling of responsibility toward the country.
I do hope he’s well enough to stay but it’s only when things like this happen that the nastiest side of Washington comes out. Behind closed doors.
In other news, Texas is being Texas by pushing for a law that would allow the blind to hunt. Enter your “It works for Dick Cheney” joke here. And after you have (must be hard, given that you’ll have to tweak HTML), check this out. A profile of the new UN Secretary, Ban Ki-moon, who really wants you to know that he might be shy and quiet but he truly knows how to lead.