[jdsteel]

Hold my powder huh? Oh well.. too late. Last night I called McCain's office and left a message %^$#$* you, you ^%$%*ing %$#$* spineless @#$%^ %^&*ing piece of ^&%$%& scum.

Please understand I meant that I am fighting the urge to react against the entire Republican party for this. I'd have preferred to go "nucular"! I feel exactly the same as you about McCain. I'm just totally freakin' amazed that one of my senators, Arlen Specter, isn't in with the 7 RINO's. I'm just trying to show some patience here. FOR NOW. UNTIL. WE'LL SEE.

[randita]

I'm with you. Gotta keep our eyes on the prize -- the next one or two SCOTUS appointments. Some of the short list nominees for SCOTUS have been inoculated.

Can't let "good be the enemy of the best". Democrats lost WAY MORE in this debacle than the GOP did. GOP actually lost nothing, other than immediate guaranteed votes on all 7 nominees. Doesn't mean some might not get votes later on, they're just not going to get them now.

This works, IMO.