[Dog Gone]

We're still talking about process instead of content, and the GOP is still on the defensive, still playing on the Dems' terms.

No, the media talks about process because it doesn't want to get into the uncomfortable content. The Dems get their message out better than Republicans because of friendly newspapers and television networks.

I don't have a solution for that, but if you don't think the Republicans can play hardball, you must have missed the Texas redistricting fight of last summer.

[Kryptonite]

I'll believe it when Johnson is fired, liked Hatch and Frist hung Miranda out to dry, or when they do something to stop the unconstitutional filibuster.

Until then, "Republican hardball" is a pipe dream.

With all due respect Dog!

[Sabertooth]

No, the media talks about process because it doesn't want to get into the uncomfortable content. The Dems get their message out better than Republicans because of friendly newspapers and television networks.

The Pubbies are wimps on talk radio, too. It's not just the media, it's the messengers and their messages.

. I don't have a solution for that, but if you don't think the Republicans can play hardball, you must have missed the Texas redistricting fight of last summer.

That's state politics. The Texas GOP deserves all of the accolades for sticking it to the runaway Dems, but we're talking about the U.S. Senate today.

[Cboldt]

I don't have a solution for that, but if you don't think the Republicans can play hardball, you must have missed the Texas redistricting fight of last summer.

Which has broader ramifications, Texas redistricting, or the Federal judicial nomination process? I understand the incentive to express toughness based on a past success, but toughness is never going to go unchallenged.