You mean the way Dems have been "bothered" by accusations in commercials that they didn't back Condoleeza Rice, a Black and a Woman?
Oh, wait...that's right, the Dems weren't bothered by those accusations in commercials in the last voting cycle.
Maybe we can guess their future behavior based upon their past behavior, eh? Here's a free clue: Dems don't give a rat's behind about their little factions when the big picture is in play. Any one woman or any one black has been tossed over the side when Dems thought it necessary in the past and they'll do it again and again and again with impunity.
And here's a bit of free information about the reality of national politics these days: this kind of attitude has utterly destroyed the Democrat Party. That's exactly why the party's influence in politics has been in a steep decline for the last 25 years -- and it's gotten so bad that they can't even maintain any relevance at all on one of the key issues of the day without getting seven Republicans to prop up their numbers for them.
>Maybe we can guess their future behavior based upon their past behavior, eh? Here's a free clue: Dems don't give a rat's behind about their little factions when the big picture is in play. Any one woman or any one black has been tossed over the side when Dems thought it necessary in the past and they'll do it again and again and again with impunity.<
All that matters to this deal is what 5 of the 7 Dems do.If 5 vote with Republicans their is no fillibuster.This deal has seperated Lieberman and others from the Looney Left.They also make it earier for Spaceman Nelson to vote his self-intrest which is to become more moderate before2006.Their are about 35 Looney lefty's in the Senate if 50% of the others vote for cloture the Loonies are impotent.It may turn out that cutting these guys safely out of the heard is the best political move the GOP could make.Keep your powder dry .