Email from James Carville:

President Bush has already made plain what he means by “cooperation.” He tells us what to do and we’re supposed to cooperate. So now, it’s time to tell the President what we think of his bullying political tactics and his dangerous second-term agenda.

Now, James Carville doesn’t know me from Adam. But I gave money to John Kerry’s campaign, and to the Democratic National Committee last year, so I get email from Carville and other prominent Democrats, frequently asking me to give more money.

George Bush and the Republicans are going for broke. They know that a second-term President has no more than 18 months to force his agenda through -- and they won’t waste a minute.

If we let them, they’ll weaken economic security at home and weaken America’s most important alliances abroad. They’ll stack the courts, abuse the legislative process and change the rules whenever they see fit.

These people are playing for keeps, and we better do the same. This is no time to hold back. We’ve got to fight forward with every ounce of energy we have.

Supporting the Democratic Party isn’t the only way to fight back against the Bush agenda, but it’s not a bad start. Here’s where you can contribute online:

https://www.democrats.org/support

From the Senate confirmation hearing with Secretary of State-designate Condoleezza Rice:

Barbara Boxer, Democrat from California:

Your loyalty to the mission you were given, to sell this war, overwhelmed your respect for the truth.

Barbara Boxer is becoming one of my heroes.

Condoleezza Rice:

I have to say that I have never, ever, lost respect for the truth in the service of anything.

Can’t lose what you never had?

Our interaction with the rest of the world must be a conversation, not a monologue.

Lucky for Condi that her boss doesn’t read newspapers, or he would yank this nomination so fast your head would spin.