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...Republican majority has now located the limits of the possible, and it has been guided to that ledge by the creative intransigence of Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid, whose control over his donkeys has been as striking as G.O.P. Senate leader Bill Frist's failure to herd his elephants. Reid has been clever and very, very tough. His opening bid was opposition to President Bush's Social Security semiprivatization plan, which proved a congenial place for Democrats to congregate. Social Security reform now appears to be moribund. The Democrats hung together on the budget last week, luring moderate Republicans...
...That is not entirely true. Republican moderates showed their power in the Senate last week, and they did so by hammering out deals with Democrats. There also was cooperation on the recent bankruptcy and tort-reform bills. But Reid and Frist are not talking-at all-about the really divisive issues, especially the coming showdown over judicial appointments. Frist, who may run for President, wants to show conservatives that he can be a tough guy on an issue that is paramount to them. Reid is not about to abandon his successful stubbornness...
...When Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid called Alan Greenspan a "political hack" last week, it was another illustration that the Fed Chairman?s near-oracle status has fallen victim to the rising partisanship in Washington. His support of Social Security private accounts was only the latest move to anger Democrats. Last month, Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin said, "Mr. Greenspan lost his credibility when he endorsed the President's tax cuts." Republicans, not surprisingly, don't agree, and have been almost gleeful at Greenspan's endorsement of their plan for Social Security. "Nobody in government has more credibility than Greenspan...
...PLEADED GUILTY. SAAJID BADAT, 25, British-born student and co-conspirator of shoe bomber Richard Reid; to plotting to blow up a U.S-bound airliner; at the Central Criminal Court, in London. Badat was accused of planning to detonate an explosive device in his shoe on a flight to the U.S.?the same strategy as Reid's, who is serving a life sentence in the U.S. following his own botched attempt in December 2001?but Badat never carried out his mission. Awaiting sentencing on March 18, Badat could face extradition to the U.S. on seven charges, including terrorism and plotting...
...Asked by a reporter on Tuesday about President Bush's plan for Social Security "private accounts," Arizona Republican Sen. John Kyl snapped "personal accounts." The surprised reporter corrected herself, saying "personal accounts,? and only then did Kyl answer the question. Later that day, Democratic Senator Harry Reid, asked about Bush's plan for "personal accounts," riffed about how the reporter had fallen into a trap laid by Frank Luntz, a Republican pollster who reportedly advises the party on word choice, and then ripped Bush's plan for "private accounts...