[Jeff Chandler]

He used words like "doublecrossed" when speaking about the GOP telling us to "tone it down" about judicial nominees.

I wish Bush and the Republicans would smack the rats down the way they smack conservatives down.

[William Terrell]

I wish Bush and the Republicans would smack the rats down the way they smack conservatives down.

Liberal/conservative, republican/democrat I suspect have less of a figure-ground relationship at high levels of government these days.