To: perform_to_strangers
It's not "pure gravy". There is the Chaffee factor. An additional Senator or two will ensure that he stays in line, as he has nothing to gain by doing a Jeffords.
Regards, Ivan
To: MadIvan
It's more than just an insurance vote. It helps the leadership inch closer to the important 60 votes to obtain cloture on key legislation. And it affects committee ratios.
3,978 posted on
11/06/2002 2:04:27 AM PST by
mwl1
To: MadIvan
I saw Bill Frist on Fox News with Brit Hume. He said positively that Chafee was NOT going anywhere.
To: MadIvan
Exactly!
$10 says Daschle has or will work over Chaffee.
To: MadIvan
Yes, you're right. It just seems like gravy compared to my earlier dreadful expectations. We need these two, and LA, too.
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