We need more political discourse here.

Steve: be sure to set aside some time today to debrief Big Vin on what is happening in today's talk shows. Post his report here. I haven't watched the Sunday Morning Services myself in years now -- not that I don't care about the substance, it's just that the debate has taken the form of old-style WWF blather.

"Lemme tellya sumthin, Vince! Working mothers won't tolerate tax cuts that don't send checks to people who don't pay taxes! If they want war, we'll give them war!"

And then Russert sits with Carville and pretends to have a serious discussion of issues.

It's great theater, but for a genuine view on actual public policy, you gotta ask the Big Vin. He'll tell it like it is -- and, he'll rate the histrionics displayed on the Sunday Morning Smackdowns.

Will the Senate release the federal courts from the painful figure-4 leglock? Can Daschle land the atomic elbow into the sternum of tax reform, or will Frist slip aside and leave little Danny to crash to the mat from the top turnbuckle? Is Jessica Lynch planning a sordid locker room affair with Sgt Slaughter, coaxing him out of retirment and into a steel cage match with The Great Hussein?

Who can vote resonsibly wihout knowing the answers to these things? Maybe I should flip on some McLaughlin.