Update: Senate still dithering on bailout inspector general

Try as it might to put a good face on dithering over the confirmation of a special inspector general (see my Nov 15 post) to oversee the $700 billion giveaway, the Senate is still weighed down by Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev) (he of the "no can do") who is, according to the Wash Post Nov 19,

• "looking into whether it is possible to schedule [a confirmation vote], his spokesman Jim Manley said."

At least they got the turf battle between committees cleared up, and Sen Dodd has been aggressive in moving the nomination forward. However, Dodd's committee has not yet scheduled a vote. So, we're still without someone to look over the shoulder of the people handing out a billion here, a billion there...