On reflection, I’m not so convinced that a Chambliss win is a good thing....it’s probably a bad thing. The same for Coleman.
My thinking is that the Liberals now have a defacto 60+ vote margin. If you take the true liberal republicans like Snowe, Collins, Specter, and Hagel, you give the liberal wing in the Senate a 62 vote secure majority.
If you add the true Rinos like Voinovich, McCain, Martinez, Lugar, and Graham, there is on any vote, the very real possibility of a 69 vote secure majority for liberals.
If the Democrats had their 60 vote majority, anything that happened would be directly the responsibility of the democrats/liberals. As it now stands, they can play blame games on minor votes in which the “republican coalition” filibusters insignificant financial and social initiatives of the democrats.
It is certain that they will do this.
Snowe, Collins, and Hagel make it CERTAIN that we WILL get socialized health care.
McCain makes it CERTAIN that just about any liberal judge nominated for Scotus will get approved. Period. He’ll cover himself by saying they were highly rated.
I will take that chance.
In addition, this win in Georgia was at least as big a win for Sarah. It should what she can accomplish on her own and you can bet that there will be great demand for the same in 2010.
The Senate is always more liberal. I don’t think it is THAT bad though.
With a Dem president, it should be easier to get even some of the squishy Republicans to side with the GOP, though not the most extreme.
FWIW, I think that the clinton people that will populate the 0 executive branch love power so much they will see the economic mess we are in and scale back their plans. If not we are facing a time where hyper inflation will occur.
I think you are spot on about the judiciary being filled with radicals as well as the SCOTUS.
As the country becomes more polarized the days of a blue state Pub senator are coming to an end. The core of the Pubs is becoming more conservative and less inclined to compromise with radicals.
Hagel is not in the Senate after Jan 20th.