[OldFriend]

I am less concerned with the nice nice talk than what is actually done! I don't see McConnell as a pushover.

Playing the game for the sheeple is all.

[maica]

No he's not a pushover. It's just that the dems are ahead of us in the "image" department.

When the Senate was virtually 50/50 the dem spokesmen never called themselves "minority." We should do the same now. In reality, poor Senator Johnson is a virtual Jeffords, and the "majority" is really balancing on a knife-dege. If the word "minority" becomes the accepted reference in all news articles referring to the Republicans in the House and Senate, we have ceded rhetorical ground that becomes accepted perception. All of the political writers will use the term with relish, of course, as payback for their years of humiliation when dems were the Minority, and Ranking Members.

I just want our spokesmen not to call themselves the minority, just to set a different tone. We have to use language, because use of words has been one of the dems most powerful tools for years.

Example: Right now the dems are selling "paygo" as a euphemism for tax increases. Who can 'feel' bad about the idea of paying as we go?

[Phsstpok]

I am less concerned with the nice nice talk than what is actually done! I don't see McConnell as a pushover.

According to this article:

McConnell: 'Civility Does Not Mean Capitulation' (Town Hall, DC - Jan 4, 2007)

that seems like a good assessment.