I think most of the guys on 'our side' were so quick to move because of fear.........fear of seeming weak, fear of being out maneuvered by the left, fear of losing in November........all that, and more.
The irony is, I think they have behaved more weakly in trying to puff up their chests, and have actually hurt their chances of reelection in November because of this hysteria driven debacle.
We obviously will have to wait and see how it pans out, but IMO, it has hurt far more than it has helped. Not to the point of losing the Senate or the House perhaps, but definitely to the point of losing seats, and more importantly the respect of their constituents.
We expect leaders, not emotional reactionaries.
---We obviously will have to wait and see how it pans out, but IMO, it has hurt far more than it has helped. Not to the point of losing the Senate or the House perhaps, but definitely to the point of losing seats, and more importantly the respect of their constituents.---
There has got to be a price for the sort of blundering idiocy displayed by Republican members of Congress. They largely failed to support our President and supported policy that hurt our country in order to APPEAR to be concerned about the country's security.
There has got to be a price for that and that price is my vote. I sent my Republican Congressman an email stating that while I would not vote for his opponents I would not vote for him either. Not for the 2006 election.