Did you see the surreal fireworks today in the joint session of Congress? A dozen members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) and three other reps were repeatedly ruled out of order by Al Gore when they were trying to plead Gore’s case. So who was the big loser?
Easy. John Ashcroft. It wasn’t even close.
CBC members were clearly VERY angry that not one Democratic Senator agreed to join their protests. This anger runs deep and it’s rooted in deep, latent fissures in the Democratic party. That will put even more pressure on Senators to oppose Ashcroft’s nomination. A lot more pressure.
And rightly so!
