If he had out-and-out declared his committment to bring the database bill to the floor — hold be damned, he could have sent a real signal, especially the morning after Gov. Murkowski’s defeat. I guess he has as much confidence in his leadership as so many of the rest of us do. If he’s not planning on getting something significant done before the fall elections, one good strategy would be for leaders in name only to avoid impotent blogging.