So it doesn't matter to you that, say, the next two Supreme Court justices are going to be nominated by Bush rather than Kerry?
I hate to break this to you, but Bush will not get any of his judges appointed. The stalemate in the Senate will continue throughout his term. So nothing will happen until the next Democratic president is elected, when the Republicans in Congress will fold like a house of cards, play 'nice' and let all of that president's liberal judges go through. The only way to change this would be for the Repubs to get a super-majority in '06 to stop the nonsense, and we all know that won't happen. It seems as if this Schiavo case has stirred up the country's opinion against the GOP as well as causing conservatives themselves to lessen their support, so we're looking at the Dems picking up seats.
"The stalemate in the Senate will continue throughout his term. So nothing will happen until the next Democratic president is elected, when the Republicans in Congress will fold like a house of cards, play 'nice' and let all of that president's liberal judges go through."
No, the Republicans will filibuster, but the Democrats will pass the nuclear option and override the filibuster.
Republicans are unwilling to fight that hard for life.
But Democrats are willing to fight that hard for death.
Well, not if Republicans don't vote for them it won't. I'm not ready to give up. I remember the 1970s and 1980s, when it was unthinkable that Republicans would ever take over Congress. Just like it was unthinkable that the Berlin Wall would come down and the Soviet Union would dissolve.
Look what's happened since Republicans became the majority. Just recently we finally opened up Alaska for drilling -- would that have happened with a Democrat Congress? Would we have gotten a tax cut if Bush hadn't been elected in 2000? Would we have terrorists around the world on the run if we'd elected a Democrat president in 2000 or 2004?
I get just as angry as anyone over weak-spined Republicans, but you don't teach them how to grow a spine by punishing them when they finally show a spine -- more spine than any Democrat.