[adx]

Perhaps the best way to get it back in the bottle is to show the Dems that TWO can play at that game.

I share skeeter's concern about the GOP playing identity politics over this. More likely, instead of putting the genie back in the bottle, the RATS will likely escalate. This embracing of identity politics would certainly not be good in the long run.

Either way, I'm hoping we get Estrada in. It'd make me quite happy to spike one down the RATS throats. Conservatives have been eating s**t for years, so it's time to make them eat some. If only we had Senate Republicans that didn't play by Maquis of Queensbury rules....

[deport]

Sutton is confirmed by the Senate

Yeas……52
Nays….. 41

[skeeter]

This embracing of identity politics would certainly not be good in the long run.

The Dems will easily reverse any damage suffered by the Estrada debacle by upping the anti on some other issue - nobody does racial pandering like they do. On the other hand, the GOP is not in a position to outbid them without risking their base. Its a losing game for us.

The GOP needs to make its case based upon Estrada's professional qualifications only, as they have for the most part, and leave conclusions re: the democrat's motives to the voters.