It's not a bribe. Really. I mean, do you have evidence of quid pro quo? See, I'm as pure as the driven slush. Er, snow. Sorry. Still, one should note that the contributions have slipped from yr'06 to '08. That money had to go somewhere. To the Democratic members, perhaps? No, of course not. The Dems consider thier palms sacrosanct. None of your filthy lucre here, sir.

The mellotron is your friend.

So the horrid Republicans, enemies of all things good, are taking the beloved Democrats, friends of all things warm and fuzzy, to task for blocking consideration of needed legislation, because the vote might make Nancy Pelosi fly into a rage and disappear in a cloud of sulphurous smoke. Or, cynics might note, no solutions to the nations' energy problems may be considered that do not belong entirely to the Great Messiah Barack and His Party.

The Democrats are playing the very worst kind of partisan politics, and Mr. Roberts can only attack the Republicans for having the temerity of calling them on it.

" blocking consideration of needed legislation, because the vote might make Nancy Pelosi fly into a rage and disappear in a cloud of sulphurous smoke"

Sulphurous smoke sounds like the Republican energy plan so I don't blame anyone for blocking it.  We need coastal drilling like our beaches need a coating of oil.