I had decided not to link to this article since I had sort of run amok with links this weekend but Craig, at BookNotes, summarized this article, and the whole situation, so well that I include it so that I can quote Craig's comment:

Get this. The appointed, unelected President of the United States, George W. Bush, met with the appointed, unelected Governor of Texas, Rick Perry, about pressuring Phil Gramm to resign his senatorial seat early so they can appoint an unelected token hispanic republican to that seat. Still think America is a democracy?