Fire Nancy Pelosi, Steny Hoyer (and Harry Reid) ...

They've succeeded at nothing (except delaying the destruction of SS). They are not leaders unless they are deliberately leading us to the radical GOP/Corporate drummer. They are craven and as embarrassing as ol' McSame. [The United States didn't always look like this]

Not even the media establishment and the GOP can refrain from mocking this pretense they're trying to peddle. What's amazing is that they're actually as devoid of dignity as they are integrity.

As I noted yesterday, the GOP couldn't even wait for the ink to dry on this "compromise" before publicly -- and accurately -- boasting that they not only got everything they want, but got even more than they dreamed they would get. ...

As Glenn Greenwald shows, bi-partisanship means that the Democratically 'controlled' Congress passes everything the GOP/corporate structure and media suckups want. It does not mean negotiation nor compromise with the electorate's goals or even attempting to live up to their oath of office. It means total surrender and that is just what the Democratic 'leadership' in Congress is doing with FISA. Harry Reid carries off a bumbling form of capitulation better that Hoyer and Pelosi. Probably because Hoyer and Pelosi are actually more competent and can't quite pull off the bumbling act (I-didn't-want-it-to-turn-out-that-way-oh-my) without showing the strain.