Michael Reagan, those with the greater numbers rule the Senate (as long as they can avoid the filibuster) Like it or not, there are more Rino's+Democrats than conservatives. The Republican leadership lost control of nothing because they never had control. Instead, McCain and the gang of Rino's had the control all along.
No use crying over spilled milk or punishing the conservatives for the RINO's actions. What we can do is use the tools our system provides us and await the RINO crowd to come up for reelection and then beat them in the primaries with conservative candidates. Failing that, we sit out the elections where they are running. Better a wolf than a wolf in sheeps clothing.
Thus, I eagerly await 2008 so I can see the look on McCain's face when he doesn't get the nomination. Eagerly await when Lindsay Graham is up for reelection in a conservative state and pays a price for supporting McCain. But, I am not going to give up the ship just because it has been hijacked.
"Like it or not, there are more Rino's+Democrats than conservatives. The Republican leadership lost control of nothing because they never had control. Instead, McCain and the gang of Rino's had the control all along."
You are SO right, and I've believed this for a long time. The Republicans were never in the majority, and Feckless Frist was never the "majority leader". The RAT/RINO party IS the majority, led by Kennedy and McCain.