The only thing that's going to fix FR is for a democrat to win the next election. If a Republican wins we'll continue to eat our own until we're too fractured to be useful. We're doing that already, and have been for some time.
Haven't you been saying that for years?
That's a great plan. Throw everything out the window. Yeah, that's the ticket.
Oh, I think you are exactly correct!
There is FAR too much rancor these days among ourselves. Checking the dates when 'posters' first entered the site, the detractors are not trolls. We are eating our own.
Let's lighten up, when we can; we are among friends after all.
I support the nominee: I remember the initial reaction to Roberts; most of the hollow arguments in opposition 'went away' within days. GWB has picked one of his most trusted advisors. Whether there is a public record regarding her service or not, I do not believe he has chosen incorrectly. She led his SEARCH which in turn is serving to create his particular legacy with the SCOTUS. He saw in her the qualities he wanted to have in place by the time he leaves.
It is not unlike state governments looking 'out of state' for consultants to assist them with tasks which could quite capably be handled by people within the state. And,in the end, at far less cost, with results reflective of the particular state's reality that experienced people do understand how a state's programs can be improved when given the chance for meaningful input.
And no, I am not a state worker, but rather in the private sector. However, this state has spent millions hiring consultants to advise it regarding how to better manage its Workers comp program, its public employees insurance program, its Medicaid program, its welfare program, its food stamp program.....
The litany of consultants here is long; the results are 'short'.