"MATLOCK!"

David Broder reads his paper as much as Fred Hiatt:

Today:

A May 3 Page One article about negotiations between President Bush and congressional Democrats over a war spending bill said the Democrats offered the first major concession by dropping their demand that the bill it include a deadline to bring troops home from Iraq. While Democrats are no longer pushing a firm date for troop withdrawals, party leaders did not specifically make that concession during a Wednesday meeting with Bush at the White House.

Also today, Grandpa gums out in his latest column:

The Democratic leadership already has signaled its readiness to drop the timetable, and further concessions are likely as negotiations continue with the White House.

Although, it appears that the bashing Broder has received over his disconnect from what the country actually thinks may have finally gotten to him a tad-- but not nearly as much as Metamucil gets to him.

Oh, and speaking of Fred Hiatt, can somebody buy the man a fraction of a clue? His latest pathetic attack on Democrats on the issue of Colombia is a low-blow even for the foolish and often malevolent Fred Hiatt.