Should Dems 'talk', or just subpoena? Will talk get them anywhere:

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Senate Dems: Let's Talk
By Paul Kiel - March 23, 2007, 3:44 PM

Following House Democrats yesterday, Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) held a press conference today to send a simple message: let's talk.

As Schumer put it:

I hope the White House recognizes a ten letter word, C-O-M-P-R-O-M-I-S-E. That’s what its all about. And now both parties at this end of Pennsylvania want to sit down and negotiate, but we’re waiting for the White House.

Schumer pointed to Sen. Arlen's Specter (R-PA) proposal to the White House yesterday as an indication that both Republicans and Democrats thought the White House offer of a private meeting with no oath and no transcript was unacceptable. Specter proposed to allow the aides to be questioned publicly by just a limited number of lawmakers without putting them under oath. "When you have the lead Democrat and the lead Republican closer to one another that the White House is to either of them, it really puts a burden on the White House," Schumer said.

Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) -- who's said he doesn't see what "all the hubbub is about" -- met with White House counsel Fred Fielding today to discuss the dispute.