[Let's Roll]

He's bluffing. If he resigns his leadership position but stays in the Senate, he may someday achieve political redemption. If he resigns from everything, he returns home in political disgrace - bye, bye future high dollar lobbyist position - and remembered by the voters of his state and the rest of the country as the one who trashed the hard work, prayers etc. that brought about the Republican victories on November 5th.

[sinkspur]

If he resigns from everything, he returns home in political disgrace - bye, bye future high dollar lobbyist position - and remembered by the voters of his state and the rest of the country as the one who trashed the hard work, prayers etc. that brought about the Republican victories on November 5th.

You're nuts. If he quits, he returns to a hero's welcome in Mississippi, can make boatloads of money serving on the boards of five or six Mississippi companies he's helped over the years, and his voters will say "Ef you" to the Yankee establishment that forced him out.

You don't know the South, my friend.

[Polybius]

He's bluffing. If he resigns his leadership position but stays in the Senate, he may someday achieve political redemption. If he resigns from everything, he returns home in political disgrace - bye, bye future high dollar lobbyist position - and remembered by the voters of his state and the rest of the country as the one who trashed the hard work, prayers etc. that brought about the Republican victories on November 5th.

Never underestimate an egotistical fool's capacity for self-destruction.

Exhibit A: William Jefferson Clinton

[Yaelle]

Hear, hear. Let's call his bluff.