ROFLMAO!, a pipe dream. In the meantime, Rome burns and the sellout continues.
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Do you have an effective suggestion then? Should we vote for libertarians (which most of us object to ideologically) and give the Senate and House to the Dems or vote for other unelectable candidates with the same result? I think Rome would be burning much more quickly. It's better to take things one step at a time... when one tries to get everything one wants *now*, one usually ends up with nothing at all or a much larger headache.
If Zell Miller changed party tomorrow, the whole world would change. Daschele is burying conservative judges, popular programs and Executive managers. Why? They don't have the reason, or courage, to vote AGAINST these people on the Senate Floor. They are all qualified. So he's taken the air out of the ball. There's nothing that can be done if 50 Democrats and one Cockroach from Vermont aren't willing to do their duty of advise and consent.
JimRob's right. Winning the Senate is a HUGE leverage tool in getting conservative priorities passed. No Senator is going to fillibuster a Federal Judge who is qualified, but conservative. The last judge (Mississippi?) would have been confirmed if his nomination ever got to the Senate floor. Leahy choked it in Committee. Bush had 4 months in office before Jeffords was bought off. That's it. He got Ashcroft through, a Tax break through, Missile Defense through ... etc. etc. All those things would have been impossible in Daschele's Senate. Zell Miller is the swing vote that Daschele needed to neutralize, seeing as Strom just wouldn't die as expected. Jeffords ... plan B.