[Dave S]

It amazes me that there are nominal 'conservatives' -- plenty on this site -- who will fuss and fume about someone like Jim Jeffords, but they don't seem to see any connection to their own eagerness to blindly support anybody with an 'R' next to his name.

Why not? In the states they come from you are not likely to get anyone more conservative that can win. Also we need every R just to control the Senate. We lose a couple seats and its Majority Leader Dasche again and the Dems decide what issues to vote on and when. They have the committee chairmen and subpena power. Then all we get to do is play defense which is fine for some of you who dont really have any agenda and want things to get worse so you have something to bitch about.

[Sloth]

Why not? In the states they come from you are not likely to get anyone more conservative that can win.

Yeah, I guess you're right. We have to support RINOs like Arlen Specter because their states are way too liberal to ever elect anyone like, say, Rick Santorum.

Also we need every R just to control the Senate. We lose a couple seats and its Majority Leader Dasche again and the Dems decide what issues to vote on and when.

LOL, who do you think controls the Senate now? Daschle has decreed his 60-votes rule and the GOP caves as always. If we get, say, 62 seats, Daschle will merely institute a 70-vote rule instead, and stays in charge of the Senate. And the Republicans will roll over and apologize for not rolling over more quickly.