[Alamo-Girl]

Thank you for your reply!

But...would the black community permit the savaging of a smart, successful, black female who was reelected in her own state with a 70+% vote.

They let Condi Rice be savaged daily.

The Democrat senators are likely to weigh the nominee against their reelection hopes and will to power - and no doubt now perceive Bush as wounded, thus vulnerable. Therefore, I would fully expect them to beat Brown to a bloody pulp to convince their base that they are more powerful than Bush and the Republicans.

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Condi Rice savaged daily

Janice Rogers Brown would be savaged, but perhaps her nomination and savaging would make a point that the president and Sen. Frist have been trying to get across for a couple of years now.

There are republicans, too many of them, who will jump ship if it comes to a nuclear option vote. The nominee will then fail.

I think we need to walk down that road to prove that point.