Democratic presidential candidate Christopher Dodd doesn't like the new FISA deal worked out between the White House and Democratic leaders.In fact, he threatened to mount an old fashioned, one man filibuster if Harry Reid brought the measure to the floor. Typically, rather than fight Dodd procedurely, the Majority Leader caved in and withdrew the measure until after the Christmas recess:After daylong debate in the Senate on the wiretapping issue, Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the majority leader, announced at the end of the day that there would not be time to consider the legislation this week as he had hoped. With a dozen competing amendments on the issue and an omnibus spending bill separately awaiting consideration, Mr. Reid said he believed it would be difficult to give the wiretapping issue the close consideration that it deserved this week before the Senate leaves for its Christmas recess. “Democrats are committed to improving our nation’s intelligence laws while...(Read Full Post)