Meanwhile, On Capitol Hill...

Not sure how if there are any Mac users reading this, but here's something geeky fun just in case. There's a widget called 'Vote Watch' which tracks the most recent bills to be voted on in the House and Senate. Very handy! It lists the bills for each house, along with whether it passed or not. You can also see how your local representative or senators voted. Download today!

Speaking of Congress, the war debate (particularly in the Senate) hasn't gotten any less silly since last week. There's a lot of disagreement among frustrated voters about all of this... Are Senate leaders doing the best they can with a Republican majority that is mostly holding the line on the votes? Are Democrats wimping out and not taking the harder line advocated by people like Sen. Feingold? As I noted two weeks ago, I am torn between these two sides.

But I know that Democrats could, and should, be taking a more agressive stance, even given the difficulty of securing GOP votes. At the least, they should call the GOP's bluff and force them to take what everyone knows is actually the unpopular stance on the war.

With things at a standstill, I find it hard to articulate my feelings on all of this more than I have. So I will move on for now and pass on some related listening/reason on this increasingly frustrating subject.

-KCRW's 'To The Point': Iraq and the Democrats
-Daily Kos: Congressional Impasse on Iraq?

[PS- This is more like it, though. It's a start, anyway.]