Reply #25: He may actually do the right thing to exercise the power that

[gkhouston]

he supposedly has. Perhaps he knew before that he no longer had power, but was uneasily content to keep quiet and retain the status that goes with his position. But now it's going to be clear to the other Senators that he's been duped. He can remain passive and look like a cuckold to his fellow Senators, thus losing the only thing he really had (prestige), or he can try to use the power that's supposed to go with his position and fight back. He might be outmaneuvered by other Bush toadies, but at least he'd go down fighting. Senators cling to their privileges pretty jealously. He may well lash out and if so, Bush beware. With the '06 elections coming up and Bush's popularity going down, down, down, Republican Senators might not back BushCo on something as controversial as warrantless spying on American citizens.