maybe it's time to write some more letters.

Geez, when are the dems going to grow a spine and do something historic. Their performance has been regrettably underwhelming.

Letters? Don’t kill any more trees for this effort. It’s lost.

The fact is the Democrats aren’t worried about the people paying attention. They are worried that any attention they may get will alienate those not watching. They figure the base will vote for them no matter what they do. They are very, very wrong about that in my case.

I see the impulse for Congress to protect itself is winning out over whatever desire for truth it might still have. (It isn't like they aren't hearing from us, after all.)

If they really want to keep their jobs (with perqs we can only dream about), they need to pay more attention to their employers - us.

If Speaker Pelosi is going to single-mindedly over-rule the House Judiciary Committee's recommendation of contempt, then she could at least schedule meetings with the Party to set the groundwork. But if she won't start the groundwork until the end of September, then maybe by October they can meet, and maybe by November they can decide to wait to vote until after the holidays ...

Maybe we should start the groundwork for replacing her as Speaker. She can race us.

Is she keeping her cards close to her chest or is she simply not doing anything at all?!

Good luck convincing anyone about those term limits Sandy.. I agree with you, but this isn't a From-The-Ground-Up government holding us captive here.

There may be a desire to hold contempt hearings closer to the election. Americans have an attention span of about 15min. The current breed of Dems put re-election above all else.

I heard Rahm on NPR yesterday touting accountability on Iraq and something he said on that subject makes his statement here makes me think that Rahm and those Democratic leaders that listen to him don't understand what accountability really means. On NPR, Rahm stated that under the Democrats the public had received 4 reports in 4 years about Iraq, 4 more than they'd received in the previous 4 years of GOP controlled Congress. Nice and tight. Repeat 4 three times. Get in a jab at the GOP.

Issuing reports, however, is not accountability and does not make anyone accountable at this late date in GWB's 2 4 year terms. He and his clan have less than 18 months until they get out of jail free. After that the damage wrought by this Administration's shredding the Constitution will be complete. It'll be precedent. SOP.

Perhaps that's what everyone in DC really wants. Out here, in the Homeland, however, most people find it really quite troubling.

The mere fact that 6 years in you cannot "make your best case" because the administration has refused to turn over the evidence should be enough to get that spine stiffening. Apparently not.

All this makes a person wonder just what the Bush Administration has learned about the leaders of the Democratic party through their illegal warrantless wiretapping. It is beyond beginning to sound like the White House is telling the Democratic leadership to back off - or else be exposed as something they don't want to be exposed as being.

I'm waiting for any Democrat to start filibustering all Congressional action until the troops are being brought home. Which one will have the cojones to take a stand for the people who want the travesty called the "War on Terra" to end.

OTay - Everybody take a deep breath & quit your whining for a few minutes. Conyers & the other Hill Committees have got the goods on Team Rove.
And will very soon have the goods on Team Cheney (if they do not already)/Within the next four to six weeks the fight regarding oversight of BushCO will be engaged fully -with Speaker Pelosi fully on board. We need to give the Leadership another six weeks - if it does not happen then - will we will find someone else to REPRESENT WE THE PEOPLE - Meanwhile lets all support our side .
"INTERESTED lITIGANT " should you be lurking on this thread - would you comment on the four to six week timeline ? Folks old enough to remember the implosion of Nixon will recall it took a very long while - I truly believe Conyers will carry on in that same tradition now - The spirit of Congresswoman Barbara Jordan shall guide us ..

"...make your best case?". So overly cautious all the time. Always want to be assured of victory before they will even try. Take a chance on the process...that's what brave people understand. Once you begin the process then the information you seek is revealed...in the process of the investigation. Just like impeachment...you don't get all the information beforehand...it comes out during the process of impeachment(can't hide behind executive privilege there), also takes away energy that would be used to continue the occupation or to attack Iran. Trust that the information you need will come out once you begin the process. It's a coward who gives up before he even tries. Somethings demand that you make a stand no matter the perceived outcome. Rham and Pelosi and Reid have every excuse in the world for telling us what they can't do rather than showing us what they can do. Mistakes are ok as long as you're trying your hardest.