[Conservativegreatgrandma]

It can. The way the committee process works, it's the party with the majority of members that controls the whole agenda. Lincoln Chaffee still had an R behind his name and helped put Republicans in control of committees.

We have to fight this out in the primaries and then stay united to defeat Democrats.

We need to help Nebraska get rid of Hagel and others like him.

[abigailsmybaby]

But he voted with the democrats the majority of the time. I don’t see how that’s a plus.

In the past I’ve heard people say “we have to get an R elected even if he/she is liberal. We get him/her elected then we’ll change the way they think”.

I haven’t seen that work yet. Why not just elect a conservative in the first place?