Senate Sideshow.

"'I look around,' Mr. Lott said, 'and think, "Am I the only one who thinks this is stupid?"'" Hearings into Katrina, foreign affairs, and other matters of state are postponed as the Senate commits to a day of stunt votes by both parties, mainly because Catkiller Frist had more pressing business -- a fundraiser, of course -- the prior evening. "Senator Ted Stevens, Republican of Alaska, said, 'It's sort of arrogant of us, isn't it, scheduling them and then not keeping our appointments?'"