[Ragirl]

This is a decent guy who sees his party going down the crapper. Who can blame him for getting out now?

[Onelifetogive]

This is a decent guy who sees his party going down the crapper.

Let's not forget...A decent Rat is a Rat none-the-less. Decent rats still vote for Daschle for minority leader. Decent Rats still make it possible for "indecent" Rats to have a lot of power!

[alloysteel]

Most interesting. Like Zell Miller, John Breaux is a Southern Democrat who has come to believe the party has left him, and there is no need to attempt to board a runaway train.

Back there a few years, in a country much like the one in which we now live, there were two major political parties, both dedicated to the preservation of a common dream, the shining city on the hill, the beacon for the world. At some point, one of those political parties lost that vision, and never recovered even a poor substitute for the one lost.

More's the pity. A great deal of energy is wasted, in constructing all these bogies, when in truth, the practical answer is responding to force with sufficiently superior force to impose your will. And there are occasions when imposing your will is imperative.

Else you shall be driven into positions not desired by anyone.