So the Senate is closed. Do you miss it?

Dana Milbanks:

In the genteel club that is the United States Senate, Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) had a screaming temper tantrum yesterday.

"Screaming?" "Tantrum?"

We saw it on TV. Frist was angry all right, but there was no screaming, nothing like I think of as a tantrum. Where do reporters get off getting so casual about their reports? It's as if the readers don't matter, only other reporters. Who cares about Dana Milbanks' reaction to Frist's reaction? We don't need any "local color."

Beyond that, I have to wonder how clever it was to put the Senate into closed session to dramatize your concerns about intelligence failures. The only way the public will know about what happens now will be through leaks of what was supposed to be kept private. I did like the way Harry Reid added punch to his motion to go into closed session with that little pantywaist swing of his arm. It reminded me of the slogan of Powdermilk Biscuits® "made from whole wheat raised by Norwegian bachelor farmers, so you know they’re not only good for you, they’re also pure, mostly. Whole wheat that gives shy persons the strength to get up and do what needs to be done. Heavens, they’re tasty!"
I guess Reid had his biscuits.