Posted on 10/30/2005 2:21:21 AM PST by RWR8189
As chickensh*t as they are with a majority, would they even notice a difference?
Greatest mind in America ...
I would suggest that were not for the 17th Amendment there would be greater party unity. Republicans like Collins, Snowe, Chafee and Specter would be more party oriented if they owed their seats to state legislatures rather than worrying about the next election. As matters now stand, senators are most concerned with their own self interest rather than what is in the best interest of the nation.
There may be DEM defectors as well. Nelson comes to mind.
That's absolutely correct. The liberal Republicans cannot win without us. They had beter wake up.
Such as Leapin' Lyndsay-and Liddy-Trent Lott, Waner, Gordon Smith and Orrin Hatch-two of the most liberal Mormons that I've ever laid eyes on-and the always infamous, lamentable-and contemptible-monstrosity known as "McHagAr."
Hmm...?
This 'one issue' is the basis fo rmy support of the GOP. SC nominations are by far the most important single event that can happen during a Presidency.
This is too important to swallow a 'trust me' line. If we trust him and we get Souter, the sequel, the GOP majority will take a serious blow in the next election.
No, you missed the point, Moderation in all things including moderation. One should not be moderate all the time.
True, there's plenty that don't hail from the Northeast...I'm just saying the behavior from those from the NE can be understood, though not excused.
The others (Lott...don't even get me started on him, McCain, Warner, Graham, etc.) can be neither understood nor excused.
But those losses would be compensated by states having Republican legislatures which now have Democrat senators.
Santorum is in a dicey position. PA can go either way and the dims have nominated a "pro-life" candidate w/ the appealing name of Casey. The scion of the infamous, to dims, Casey that bucked the party line on abortion (and was uncerimoniously ostracized as a result).
Santorum has been one of the most stauch conservatives in the Senate. the dims, nationwide, are pulling out all of the stops to knock him down.
If that happens the RINOs will be emboldened and justified. It is vital to the right, nationwide, that Santorum wins next year. And that my friends is going to be very difficult.
Tempting.
But we'd better apply the coup de grace while the rat is cornered before we go chasing after neutered elephants.
The same passion that forced the Miers withdrawal... can now be redirected into slapping these ninnies back to reality.
Reminds me of the old military doctrine "Anything you do can get you killed, including doing nothing".
I am normally an optimist, but it is way late and there is absolutely no reason to believe things will change.
The border issue will be decided by the action "we the people" take, and I don't mean elections. [Minutemen, etc.]
It has become painfully obvious that we are under the control of appeasers, be they Democrats or Republicans.
They refuse to fight the WOT without their p/c gloves on, refuse to protect Americans from the illegal onslaught, refuse to wean the U.S. of off foreign oil dependency, refuse to demand prosecutions for "crimes" committed by any Democrat administration, while seemingly are eager to aid and abet in the takedown of Republicans, ignore the Able Danger issue, sit silently while the whole country watches an attempted Republican administration coup under the guise of "outing" a supposed covert CIA agent, etc. etc., adnauseum.
Though I look, I can see no reason not to elect a Democrat to the Whitehouse. By doing so may make the certain civil war, we will eventually face, simply begin sooner.
"It's just a matter of time before the Left comes up with a candidate who's not a flake and has an idea or two, and once that happens we're dead!"
Someone like Lieberman? Not a chance.
Though he is a pathetic leftist to us, he is a far right Conservative to the Dims. Perhaps they will nominate Hillary and we will be saved, in spite of ourselves. ;)
The problem, as Dr. Sowell points out, is with the Senate.
I am concerned about other things, however. If the President is perceived as weak, we will have trouble getting other things passed, like permanent tax cuts. I also am concerned that terrorists will use this time to push against us in Iraq and that the left will use it to try to force a withdrawal because of a lack of public support.
If a conservative acceptable to the Miers critics is nominated, we will have a large-scale battle in the Congress. Whether this is a good thing for the country, I do not know. I don't have all of the poll information, security reports, and White House political assessments of the Senate.
We are in a war, and I do not think it helpful to have the President look weak. I would prefer that the blame and perception of weakness fall on those actually responsible...the Senators.
Then again, too much pressure on some Senators could send them into the opposite camp. And some Senators might be defeated in 2006, losing us the majority. While I don't claim that this Senate has been particularly effective, we certainly wouldn't profit from a democrat Senate which would block ALL nominations, prevent needed legislation, and initiate non=stop Senate investigations which would be given heavy coverage on all the TV channels.
This nomination process is not an easy one, and I don't envy the President. Those who think it is simple are not looking at the political consequences realistically.
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Our U.S. Senate is the most self-important, megalomaniacal confederation of mediocrities known to man, as it is.
The idea of further insulating these men and women from public scrutinity-which was in part responsible for their increasingly negative reaction towards the Miers nomination-is preposterous, in my opinion.
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