You said: Bear with me here: I think a Cynthia re-election is not necessarily bad for Republicans. First of all, even if she loses, she will be replaced by another Democrat. And Hank seems like a nice soft spoken guy. He will get nowhere near the press coverage that Cynthia gets. And when the press covers Cynthia, it's good for Republicans and bad for Democrats. Every time she opens her mouth, she projects an image of pettiness, racism, sarcasm and incompetence. In my opinion, she's a great poster child for the Democrats.
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I agree with all you said, but I disagree with your conclusion. For democrats everything is about partisan politics, winning for one's party. For conservatives, and most Republicans, that may be an important concept, but not the controlling one. I WANT a Congress consisting of the best of both parties at articulating their relative positions because I believe that conservative policies, fairly and effectively argued, will prevail. Liberal policies, fairly articulated, fall of their own weight in most instances. I don't care to see tantrums thrown in around Congress by members of either party. It demeans the process, and, sadly, convinces some on the fringes based not on rational considerations, but on emotion and invective. McKinney should lose because she is a loser. If that means a more-qualified Dem gets the slot, all the better... for everyone.
Well said..