[plain talk]

There are numerous problems in Congress but none of them point to an intentional "con job" or whatever it is you are suggesting. Lack of communications skills, courage, leadership skills at the top, playing defense instead of offense and an inability to unite against the dems and the media and cut through the clutter, etc etc. Until there are foundational changes and we get an army of Reagan's up there I don't see much changing. The dems are too united and conservatives are too fragmented. If you take out the RINOs real conservatives simply do not have the votes to do anything. I think an important first step is to campaign our Representatives for new leadership in the House and Senate.

[penowa]

We're going to get new leadership in both Houses without our lifting a finger. They have knocked out the only Republican with any cajones who could get anything done when Delay was indicted. Obviously Earle's intention is to keep the case from going to court until Delay is replaced (maybe even out of congress), then Earle can drop the charges and he has accomplished his objective without ever proving anything. The House will have a new whip and whoever it is, will be inferior to Delay.

Frist is retiring and Santorum will more than likely be gone after the election, so the Senate will have new and probably even worse leadership, if that's possible.

I can't see that a change of leadership will be anything but another giant step backward. Keep in mind voters have absolutely nothing to do with who gets what perks in leadership or Specter wouldn't be there causing all the problems that he is.