[Alberta's Child]

Lautenberg can step down in six months for "health" reasons and another dem will be put in.

That works for the Democrats if their only goal is to keep the seat in Democratic hands, but life will be a lot easier for the Bush administration now that they can write off New Jersey entirely.

Look at Vermont, with two of the biggest @ssholes in the U.S. Senate (Jim Jeffords and Pat Leahy). That state isn't going to get a nickel of federal money for the next two years, even if al-Qaeda sends a billion Islamic terrorists to invade from Canada.

[aristeides]

Look at Vermont, with two of the biggest @ssholes in the U.S. Senate (Jim Jeffords and Pat Leahy). That state isn't going to get a nickel of federal money for the next two years, even if al-Qaeda sends a billion Islamic terrorists to invade from Canada.

VT now has a Republican governor (a conservative one, I understand.)

[jdege]

Look at Vermont, with two of the biggest @ssholes in the U.S. Senate (Jim Jeffords and Pat Leahy). That state isn't going to get a nickel of federal money for the next two years, even if al-Qaeda sends a billion Islamic terrorists to invade from Canada.

You mean that when Norm Coleman asks that the current system of milk price supports be reconsidered (for which midwestern dairy farmers have been screaming for years), he won't be laughed out of the chamber?