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Another Pukin-worthy rant.

I especially like this metaphor: I can deal with the parsley to get the steak

I also think this is the crux of the issue: Our job is to pick the best individual and send him/her to Washington in the hope that their CHARACTER will see them through

I do have several questions about your strategy however.

In regard to Snowe/Chaffee/Collins/Graham. If we lose those seats, we lose control. As much as I want to send them packing, I wonder if the message we want to send would be clear (ie. we want you to be MORE conservative not less) not to mention my deep suspicion as to our ability to elect anyone more conservative. In some of those cases, I think we are really lucky to just have a seat in our column.

As far as Specter goes...what a double edged sword. He came through in the end on judges, but recently he has become a shrill tool of the anti-Bush brigade. Whenever that affects our ability to "connect the dots" I get spectacularly irritated. I don't know that kicking him out serves our best interests, but I have to admit it is a VERY murky situation.

Anyway, enjoyed the rant. Agree with the sentiment. Have some strategic questions. (That would have been a lot shorter way to respond to it, huh? Points deducted for being too female and having to use as many as possible.)

Our job is to pick the best individual and send him/her to Washington...

I need new glasses. When I read that, I thought it said "Our job is to trick the best individual and...

In regard to Snowe/Chaffee/Collins/Graham. If we lose those seats, we lose control. As much as I want to send them packing, I wonder if the message we want to send would be clear (ie. we want you to be MORE conservative not less) not to mention my deep suspicion as to our ability to elect anyone more conservative. In some of those cases, I think we are really lucky to just have a seat in our column.

Chafee is targetted, not the others. And you'll notice it isn't the GOP or even FR that's after him. At any rate, if control of the Senate revolves around keeping Chafee as a faux-Republican, it's a lost cause anyway. Mostly because in an near-even Senate split, just like Jeffords, Chafee will eventually go independent or sell out to the Dims anyway since he votes with them all the time anyway.

Chafee is almost to the left of Kennedy. And he's unpopular. And weird. If ever there is a RINO to make an example of, he's it.

If we want Snowe and Collins and Graham to toe the line on conservative votes, we have to get Chafee this year so they know we mean business.