[reformed_democrat]

But don't you understand . . . we have nothing now. Must we cajole, humor, and bribe our elected representatives into doing what we want?

If we're to be held hostage to the whims of Chafee, Snowe, Collins, McCain,Hagel, and Specter, what, exactly, do we have?

[hansel]

"If we're to be held hostage to the whims of Chafee, Snowe, Collins, McCain,Hagel, and Specter, what, exactly, do we have?"

We DON'T have a majority of conservatives in the Senate which means that whatever conservatives want will have to supported by either moderates or conservative Dems to get things passed. That means that conservatives WILL have to work with others. If we come out of a very successful election trying to throw our moderates overboard it will bode ill for future success.

We will need to work with moderates so we shouldn't try to alienate them.

Specter's feet are being held to the fire and that's good but we mustn't try to overreach.