To give you a sense of the utter lack of responsible governance by the Democratic Congress, keep in mind that the continuing resolution to keep the government going runs out on Friday, December 3. But what is the Democratic leadership doing? No, not a funding bill. No, not a tax bill to prevent a massive tax hike. They are busy doling out goodies to their special interest groups. So there are votes scheduled on the DREAM Act and the settlement of black-farmer discrimination claims. In other words, the Democratic leadership STILL hasn’t gotten the message from the voters.

Funny how the Democrats have boxed themselves in. A savvy Republican operative said to me today that the Democrats couldn’t take a vote on the budget or taxes before the election, and now they can’t do it after the election. It seems that they are determined to go out of power with a whimper.