Well, now we get to see whether Senator Reid has bigger balls than George Bush. I like Senator Reid, we haven’t been nearly as critical of him as some, but at this point, I’d like to see some leadership. I’d like to see someone who is actually smarter, and tougher, than George Bush. That isn’t asking for much. But we have yet to see it. If Bush wants to endanger the war on terror with a stroke of his pen, why is it so hard to understand that he will be the one paying the price. He lies and lies and blusters and lies. And all the Democrats do is cave. The Democrats aren’t just sending the message that all you have to do is yell “Osama!” and they’ll cave. Democrats are also sending the message that they aren’t willing to stick up for themselves, ever. And as someone said to me about John Kerry right before the November 2004 election: If he isn’t willing to defend himself, how is he going to defend my kids? The Democrats are defining themselves as their worst stereotype: weak-kneed wimps. And in a time of war, let alone most other times, people don’t vote for wimps.

Here is more on Bush now threatening a veto. And here is Senator Reid’s response he just issued: