Worrying about how many Dems and RINOs who will vote with the GOP is like not taking a chance. If the GOP takes one chance and looses, then compromise. If a few RINOs surface, deal with them in 2006, 2008. If the DEMS filabuster, KEEP THEM UP 24 X 7, no political deals as was permitted on the Judicial Committee.
All products are required to be labeled as to country of origin. Let the foreign shippers pay for the labeling and give the American farmers an economic chance. HEY LOOK AT THE RED AREAS.
Too much "we must compromise" on this and that without a battle is just what Chamberlain did! Short change the electorate who are Conservative, Traditional Americans, mostly in non-city areas and the GOP will slip back to a blocked balance of power. People want government with honesty and integrity, not a political party.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained. You come into the world with -0- and leave the same way. In between, life is a gamble, so take a chance!
Henchman, this is what happens when you demand absolute purity in the party's adherence to your every ideological preference.
Boxer Becomes Third Biggest Vote Getter
You lose. Just like Jimmy Carter lost Iran to fanatical, tyrannical, terrorist-supporting, America-hating nutjobs because he demanded that the Shah take measures akin to political suicide in the name of ideological purity. We lost an eager ally and supplier of invaluable Middle East intelligence. The people of Iran lost a tyrant, but he was replaced by an even more oppressive regime. Who won in that scenario?