Good morning.
Round 2 of Senate Armed Services Committee on the Pentagon's DADT report. Today's witnesses are the Service Chiefs. Over the past couple days, Secretary Gates has said the Service Chiefs are more "sanguine" about the report. And, Marine Corps Commaandant, General Amos, has been particularly outspoken. John McCain is salivating at the opportunity to get the Service Chiefs on his side. Boy, McCain put on a show yesterday. What an ass. A homophobic ass. Watch the Jon Stewart segment on it, which I posted here. We'll have a livechat going on the hearings at AMERICAblog Gay, beginning at 9:00 AM ET. - It's live now.
All day yesterday rumors were flying around about the White House cutting a deal with Senate Republicans on the tax bill, START and other key issues, like funding the government. The thing is: No on is surprised or shocked by rumors that the White House will cave. It's sadly expected.
The Catfood Commission will vote on its report today. The panel needs 14 of its 18 members to support the report for it to get a vote in Congress. That's apparently not going to happen.
Should be another fun-filled day...
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