thirtysomethings

"I asked directly if we could delay this so we could depoliticize it. I said: 'Mr. President, I know this is urgent, but why the rush? Why do we have to do this now?' He looked at Cheney and he looked at me, and there was a half-smile on his face. And he said: 'We just have to do this now.' " (Tom Daschle, courtesy LA times) tip: thinkprogress.org

Now if this conversation truly did take place we are looking at impeachable offenses at worst, callous disregard for reason at best. Meanwhile, the British have a leg up on us:

Leading opposition figures from the Conservative, Liberal-Democratic, Scottish National and Plaid Cymru (Welsh) parties have banded together to back the cross-party motion titled "Conduct of Government policy in relation to the war against Iraq" to demand that the case for an inquiry be debated in the House of Commons. They seem assured of the 200 signatures required to get such a debate -- and then the loyalty of Blair's dismayed and disillusioned Labor members of Parliament will be sorely tested (upi.com)

Bush and Blair both have approval ratings in the 30's. Why Blair attached himself to this war will be the greatest mystery to me. His centrist approach to government won him the soul of American and Britain. Now he's going down with his co-architect.