[putupon]

but that is the strategy

I'm not buying it. They could have made an issue out of it all along and still used at election time, probably even more effectively since the great unwashed who pay no attention to politics untill two weeks before an election (and greatly outnumber us political junkies of either party) won't have a clue what they are talking about if they do bring it up next year.

The 'RATs have given the GOP plenty of ammo over the years, including unabashed treason, and the GOP never uses any of it.

When is the last time one of them uttered a word about selling misiles to China? When is the last time one of them anything about illegal Chinese money contributions? How come none of them are saying squat about how North Korea got the nukes it is pointing at the neighbors and marketing to terrorist nations right now?

And if the strategy story were true, what does it say about the character of a party that would string a man along for two years of his life on a bogus job offer just to generate a political prop?

[DM1]

Easy lol just telling you what i read this morning, didnt say i signed on to the committee :)
the impression i got from the article wasnt that Estradas nomination was for him to get shot down and use it as ammo but that since it was filibustered they would use it hence forth
that being said i agree that there are many wusses in the GOP that are not confrontational enough although to be fair during the Clinton ChinaGate brouhaha no one paid any attention to it. The few voices that railed against this were whistling in the dark. That was part of the whole "where's the outrage" syndrome that was synonomous with the times.
Take care
DM1