Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn now and then

The generally incompetent Democratic-controlled Congress managed to do something right today.

Following a similar move by the House on Tuesday, the U.S. Senate voted a short time ago to override Drunky McStagger's veto of a water resources bill with crucial benefits to Florida. To achieve the first override of Drunky's presidency, quite a few Republicans had to support the bill, and they actually did.

Rep. John Mica, a Winter Park conservative who votes with the president about 90 percent of the time, led the charge in the House, which voted 223-138 on Tuesday for override. Sen. Mel Martinez, who was the president's hand-picked chairman of the national GOP until recently, voted to override. And Republican Florida Gov. Charlie Crist took time out from a trip to Brazil to lobby Florida lawmakers to split with the president. All the Florida Democrats and 12 of 17 House Republicans voted to override Bush.

The Republican loyal opposition was a function of the importance of environmental legislation in Florida, the draw of local projects that critics call pork and the President's wounded popularity as he heads toward lame-duck status.

Oh, he's already in lame-duck status, I'd say. Granted, this isn't impeachment, but it's a big victory for Florida. So, while I'm not very generous with compliments for this Congress, they deserve a pat on the back today.

But tomorrow, my other hand is going to continue to slap some sense into them ...