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"If it is Dick Durbin in trouble, then something is wrong. They are so good at changing the subject," said Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.).

So Durbin's "in trouble" because the Republicans are using him as a smoke screen against their own problems.

Durbin's analogy, as clumsy as it was, is not where the focus should stay. How the U.S. treats prisoners, how the U.S. is conducting the Iraq war, how the U.S. wins more allies, how the U.S. improves relations with Muslim countries -- yes, and why the U.S. has trouble providing armored plates for Jeeps in combat -- one of Durbin's crusades -- that's what is important.

Author says Durbin's remarks are "clumsy" and unimportant, what's really important is America is doing everything wrong.

Said Obama, "This administration has made a habit of diverting attention of its failures by criticizing the messenger."

Again, Durbin is a victim and it's really all Bush's fault.

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"If it is Dick Durbin in trouble, then something is wrong. They are so good at changing the subject," said Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.).

(So Durbin's "in trouble" because the Republicans are using him as a smoke screen against their own problems. )

Durbin's analogy, as clumsy as it was, is not where the focus should stay. How the U.S. treats prisoners, how the U.S. is conducting the Iraq war, how the U.S. wins more allies, how the U.S. improves relations with Muslim countries -- yes, and why the U.S. has trouble providing armored plates for Jeeps in combat -- one of Durbin's crusades -- that's what is important.

Lynn Sweet, the author is a huge lib. That's a fact. Cong. Jan Schakowsky, D-IL, is a far-leftist, and to my knowledge has never gotten a bill into law. Jan's husband, Roger Creamer, is under indictment for check kiting while he was head of a "pro-Consumer" group, the Illinois Public Action Council. Jan, although she was on the IPAC board of direction while Roger was doing a "Ben Franklin" with the checks. Roger's case goes to trial this fall. Too bad Roger didn't get electrocuted.

Lynn somehow forgot to put those details into the article.