I am sorry, remind me again who the President is. Answer the question: Why is Bush willing to spend the night arm twisting conservatives to vote for his pet welfare projects, but wouldn't call RINOs to confirm his judges?
Social Security is not his "pet project", that honor goes to FDR. It's been known since the days of Ronald Reagan that Social Security was going to be needing fixing. You can either do away with Social Security and risk being a minority party for 40 or 50 years, or you can strengthen and modernize Social Security because the Social Security as we know it cannot function in the modern society, with as many recipients of the program as there are, in a country that has swelled in population since Social Security became a reality during the Great Depression. You can pitch fits and moan about President Bush now, but in the future, history will show that you were nothing more than a bitter, petty, whiner.
Because Bush KNEW McCain was on a mission to pay him back for the South Carolina primary in 2000. Only McCain could have pulled this off, because John is viewed my many as a "statesman" -- a man above party politics. Ole Maverick and his straight talk express.
Look who went with McCain: Snowe and Collins from Maine; Chaffee from RI; --- all three are barely GOP, and Snowe and Chaffee are up for reelection in '06. They're as GOP as their respective states will permit and elect.
DeWine is a runt and a wimp, but he's up for reelection in '06, so what does that tell you about his internal polling back home in Ohio?
Warner is another loose canon, but his seat is his until '08 and the public's memory is said to be short.
Graham was McCain's senate chairman for his run at the nomination and Lindsay remained angry with Bush for the South Carolina primary in 2000.
Personally, I think Lindsay Graham is looking to be governor of his stae, so his participation might even help him achieve his aim with democrats in his state. He can likely kiss the conservative vote good-by, but until his demicrat opponent is known, even their votes can't be thoroughly dismissed.