Meaningless drivel. It takes 60 to pass anything in the Senate.
And have you ever heard the term "RINO?"
To reverse a Will Rogers line, "I don't belong to an organized political party. I'm a Republican."
The point is that sitting it out or, worse, voting for a dim because the Republicans aren't perfect is the kind of stupid attitude that got us 8 years of Bill Clinton. You are serving the wrong interests when you let this type of thinking dominate how you view the choices before us (there, that's an appropriate use of the concept). There are people to work for who can make a difference within the Republican party. No libertarian has a chance of getting elected so working for them is counterproductive. There are no Democrats so good on any issue that their election will make giving one or both houses to the Democrat party as a whole into a worthwhile thing. So get over your greviences with clowns like Specter and find people you can work for. I don't care if they're not in your district or state. Support them. And if you have to hold your nose and vote for the Specter's of the world if they are your available candidates so that the better party has a chance of getting something, if not everything, accomplished then do it.
The power (and willingness) to destroy something is the absolute power to control that thing. Right now the dims are willing to destroy our country if they can't control it. Don't cooperate with them.
AMEN!