[randita]

"The Senate would be a dramatically different place under Republican leadership," said Tovah Ravitz-Meehan, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee communications director. "The only internal fight they would be between the between right and the far right wing over who should prevail more often in setting their agenda."

This is just demogogue. Anyone with half a brain knows that in a closely divided Senate, the most moderate members of the controlling party hold all the cards. In case of the GOP, that means the RINO's, like Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins, John Chaffee, etc. They will be wined and dined and cajoled like they've never been in their lives.

With Democrats controlling, like they have for about 2 years, moderate Democrats like Miller, Landrieu and Breaux have been the attention getters.

[rightwing2]

In case of the GOP, that means the RINO's, like Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins, John Chaffee, etc. They will be wined and dined and cajoled like they've never been in their lives.

Yep and with polls showing a likely GOP net gain of only one Senate seat, we are going to have a lot of the same worries we had last year like a liberal GOP defection (Chafee) and a centrist bipartisan Senate Majority Leader (Lott) who last time caved and gave away almost all of the Majority perks to the Democraps and just might do it again even with a 50-49-1 Senate.

[Redbob]

Speaking of "half a brain" and "RINO's", let's not forget Texas' own Kay B. Hutchison!

She strongly supported "campaign finance reform", voted for it first time around, and only ended up voting against the House-Senate compromise version because she thought it "doesn't go far enough!"