Bob Schieffer has my vote for quote of the year so far.

[Justice Is Comin]

"Before long, Congress will be leaving on its summer vacation," Bob Schieffer of CBS News said two weeks ago. "My question is, how will we know they are gone?" :rofl:

[niyad]

1. eons ago, on the old "huntley-brinkley report", one of them --brinkley, if

memory serves, pointed out that congress used to adjourn in may--primarily because there was no air conditioning, and DC was basically a furnace in the summer. the advent of a/c allowed congress to stay in session longer. he advocated turning off the a/c and making congress go home and deal with the constituents AT HOME--a sentiment with which I heartily agree.

[baby_bear]

3. That's a fine thought, but...

All they do is have fund-raisers and maybe a town meeting or two. Then there are all those junkets to foreign lands paid for by lobbyists. Oh my, so much to do and so little time!

It's a different Congress now than when Huntley and Brinkley were reporting. Congress may have been "do nothing" at times in the past, but now it is much more sinister, IMHO.

b_b

[babylonsister]

5. What a great memory! I am delivering this to Dad, who,

along with Mom, weaned me and my siblings on Huntley and Brinkley.

[Ediacara]

2. Oh Bob, you should have gotten the job permanently!

[thepurpose]

4. I agree Bob parties with elite himself, but he stills manages a certain

level of objectivity. Unlike Russert. Katie is I guess fine on a light news program, but I don't have any interest in seeing her do the news every night. I have seen some of her inane interviews before.

[Endangered Specie]

7. Indeed, he is 1000x better than Katie...

Ive watched cbs evening news almost exclusively since I was 'old enough' to watch news, but that will drastically change when Couric is let on the set.

[samsingh]

6. should'nt he ask the same question about the POS?