The coming GOP supermajority in the US Senate; how Bush will completely reshape the Supreme Court

[ken5050]

Like many here on FR, I've spent the last week knashing my teeth over Daschle's tactics in the Senate...blocking Judge Pickering's confirmation, blocking drilling in Alaska, and now this inane effort to make the Homeland Security director testify in Congress. And I've been hoping, like many of you, that Sen Miller would cross the aisle to the GOP side. Well, consider this scenario.....

[theDentist]

Perhaps I missed it, but you forgot about Jumpin' Jim Jeffords possibly changing his mind. You know the old adage: "Once a prostitute..."

[WOSG]

ouch, what a wretched article ... did it cocur to the auther that Clinton, as he has so many times before, is telling a bunch of fibs. That one about Newt Gingrich strikes as particularuly foul. If you remember Newt, he was wrapped up in Contract with America (the one Clinton loved to call Contract *on* America) and Newt was big on making a positive alternative message. In other words, I dont believe Clinton for a second. ... yet these young guppies swallow this swill. ugggggh.

No mr Ex, we dislike you because you lack honesty and character.

[WOSG]

Now let's assume that the GOP picks up three seats this fall. Which three seats????

[medved]

If they don't get some sort of a handle on voting fraud in a hell of a hurry, nothing else the republicans can do will matter; they'll never win another election in this country. The last election would have been a total blowout without massive fraud in the picture.

[Paulus Invictus]

I like your analysis, but it will take a major planning, organization and implementation effort to beat the RATs. They are already planning their strategies to defeat us in 2004.

I suggest that Freepers become more active campaigners for the next election, doing all we can to elect the elect (Republicans). Make the grass roots sharp and effective by working locally and at State and Federal levels to re-take the Senate and increase the majority in the house.

[nopardons]

You and your ilk don't help matters any. You, I assume , are fringe material, and as such, would condemn us all to perpetual Dem governance. Don't even try to argue that ; it's written in stone ! Wake up, there aren't enough ( thank GOD ! ) voters, who would all converge and vote for the same lunatic fringe candidate, to land him / her in office. There ARE, most unfortunately, enough to grace the rest of us with the likes of X42 ! Then, on the other side, there are enough, thankfully , to have made the 2000 election close enough, for Bush to win ; which without the fraud ( knwn and unknown ), he would have done handily.

Not only did the Founding Fathers set this nation up as a REPUBLIC , they made certain that it wasn't a system ( palimentary ) that allows for the influence of minor parties. You're just SOOL ; DREAM ON !

[nopardons]

Right ; the old " dog in the manger " syndrome, which infects far too many FREEPERS ! They'd much prefer an empty glass, to a 1/2 or even a 1/4 full one. That's just utter stupidity !

[rllngrk33]

A "supermajority" of the GOP we've borne witness to in the past decade would spell the end of the Republic as we know it.

And how much "better" would it be with a DemocRAT majority? Just look at what's going on with a DemocRAT plurality thanks to Judas Jeffords!

[rllngrk33]

A "supermajority" of the GOP we've borne witness to in the past decade would spell the end of the Republic as we know it.

And how much "better" would it be with a DemocRAT majority? Just look at what's going on with a DemocRAT plurality thanks to Judas Jeffords!

[JulieRNR21]

What a wonderful GOP future you envision.....sure hope it comes to pass.....BUMP

[rdb3]

So, if "A "supermajority" of the GOP we've borne witness to in the past decade would spell the end of the Republic as we know it," then, what would a supermajority of RATS and a RAT presidency be?

[happygrl]

Thanks for the analysis.

[usconservative]

That's right, the Dems have 19 seats to defend, the GOP only 14..and of those 14 seats, only one looks iffy, Fitzgerald in Illinois.

Wrong. Fitzgerald isn't up for re-election this year. He isn't up for re-election until 2004. Democrat Dick Durbin is up this year. You blew it.

Durbin is considered SAFE in Illinois, unfortunately. :(

[Common Tator]

That is a very intersting analysis. I find little in it with which to disagree.

I note you are predicting that the Republicans will pick up 3 seats this year. I know the media keeps saying this year is too close to call but the generic polls show a 2 point Republican lead. And I agree with you, if this holds, it is very likely that the Republicans will pick up three seats this year.

What has puzzled me is how Daschle is acting. Any person who has studied which strategies work and which don't has to understand that what Daschle is doing makes no sense. You can gridlock government in good times when the nation is at peace and be rewarded at the polls. But in war or economic cricis producing gridlock in opposition is political suicide. I kept asking myself, "Does Daschle not know this?" And the answer keeps coming back, YES, he has to know it. The big question is, why does he do it?

People only do counter productive things when being counter productive can not make the situation worse. If he is certain that he is going into the minority and will likely be there for at least 6 more years, he may very well decide to get in his licks while he can. He seems to be saying, I am going to get kicked out of majority status, but I will hurt you as much as I can before I go.

Daschle reminds me of a football team well behind in the 4th quarter. They have no hope of victory They put all their efforts into trying to sack the other sides quarterback.

Daschle does not look like a man trying to win the game. He does not look like a man trying to score points. He does not look like someone trying to prevent the other side from scoring. He looks like a player trying to sack the other sides quarterback just to make him hurt.

Either that or Daschle is one stupid puppy.

[Brasil]

It's nice to have a happy scenario to dream on.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Trent Lott has got to go. And Sen Nickles, while a good man, does not possess the verbal and media skills necessary to be an effective public spokesman. It's time for Bill Frist, as soon as possible..

Good idea.

Bump.

[teletech]

Here's the Strategy, Kid

Two points. First, I'm no kid! Second, DemocRAT strategy is an oxymoron.

[lasereye]

The GOP believed in the elimination of the Dept. of Education? It was created in the Carter administration. I don't recall a majority of Republicans ever being in favor of its elimination.

I'm not sure why you see that as so critical compared to say, missile defense.

[Green Knight]

I gotta disagree with those who think a Republican super majority would be a bad thing. Sure, Republicans in congress are spineless for the most part. BUT when you're acting from a position of strength you're emboldened. If Republicans were to hold a majority in the House, and at least a 60 seat majority in the Senate, I believe we'll see even RINO's working to push forward conservative legislation (if for no other reason than to NOT piss off the other Republicans in congress).

So yeah, a supermajority would be fantastic. Once Republicans in Congress are operating from a position of strength, you better believe they'll grow their balls back and start doing what's right. You don't see that, now, because they're holding on to a precarious majority in the house, and have a minority in the Senate. And when you're down, you don't want to lose what you already have. You're not as willing to gamble, because if you lose the losses can be catastrophic (like a DEMOCRAT super majority!!!).

But if Republicans were to achieve ascendancy 1) They'd be willing to take risks, as they can absorb any losses they may take, and 2) They'd realize that it was conservatism that brought them into power, and so make sure to enact conservative policies.

Having the ability to reshape the world is a huge morale booster.

[BlackElk]

Unless the GOP nominates someone reasonably pure it cannot be a win. Winning is not some insipid perfprmance of denying a formal DemonRat win by nominating a thinly disguised DemonRat in GOP drag.

To elect liberal RINOs only delays (and not for long) destruction. Each Senate seat and governorship and Congressional seat is a precious asset. All the more so because no conservative and no RINO either is going to defeat many of the incumbent DemonRats (Ted the Driver; Ketchup Kerry; Judas Jeffords; Commissar Leahy; Patsy Mink; Daniel Akaka; $60 Million Corzine; Jay Rockefeller; just to name seven of many). We are already wasting valuable Senate seats on too many ideological weaklings than whom we can do better: Kay Bailey Hutchinson (pro-choice but adopts a child) [Texas owes more to America]; Trent Lott and Thad Cochrane [So does Mississippi]; Olympia Pro-Choice Snowe; Lincoln Comrade Chafee; Pete (Make the peasants pay medical insurance for mental health and balance the budget at any price) Domenici [so does New Mexico]; just to name a few.

We can do better than this. We do not need to put up with Washington State's Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell; nor North Dakota's Byron Dorgan and Kent Conrad; nor New Mexico's Jeff Bingaman; nor Arizona's McLame; nor Herbert (his lips are sealed on all controversies) Kohl or Russell Feingold of Wisconsin [Tommy Thompson could take either of them]; nor South Dakota's Tim Johnson or Tiny Tom D'Azole; nor Montana's Max Baucus; nor the cynical widder Carnahan in Missouri; nor Mary Landrieu in Louisiana; nor Fritz Hollings of South Carolina which REALLY owes more to America; nor John Edwards of North Carolina, the next coming of the Arkansas Antichrist; and speaking of Arkansas, we don't need Blanche Lincoln; nor Robert Graham nor William Nelson from Floriduh; nor Cleland from Georgia; nor Harkin from Iowa; nor Wellstone nor Dayton from Minnesota who would probably have been too far left for the Soviet Politburo; nor Debbie Stabusnow nor Carl Levin from Michigan; nor Lying Fratboy Biden nor Thomas Carper from Delaware; nor Durbin of Illinois; nor Bayh of Indiana; just to name 28 switchable seats.

This year, America is suffering a clearance sale of the current generation of Americans (as opposed to liberals) in the US Senate: Jesse Helms, Phil Gramm, Strom Thurmond, Fred Thompson, all to retirement and Bob Smith to RINO cowardice in New Hampshire lest GOP establishment allow him to offend Planned Barrenhood.

As conservatives, we have a lot of work to do but a super majority is indeed possible and without much in the way of keeling over for RINOs. One more thing, if Bill Simon wins in California DiFi and Babs are also in play, making at least 30 switchables and you can then add Zell Miller of Georgia and probably Breaux of Louisiana.

How's that? We just have to work as hard as the DemonRats to have the results we want particularly in flyover country.