There's a monkey's paw on the presidency somehow -- we should be making mincemeat of the 'Rats in the Congress and mopping up the floor with them all over American life. Something is wrong with this picture.
Just my uneasy feeling. Something's wrong.
During the 2000 election, there was much rhetoric about "taking back the Senate" so Conservatives could once again reshape the USSC.
The President declared, from his '04 re-election, he had aquired substantial political capital - so why he is now not willing to expend it upon one held more closely to the conservative right is at the least questionable. If he's reluctant to "spend" that capital NOW on such an important issue as shaping the USSC, what OTHER issue could possibly be more important for which to reserve it?
I'm with you - "There's a monkey's paw on the presidency somehow.."