Fred Barnes: Master of the Senate ( Mitch McConnell runs rings around Harry Reid)

The Weekly Standard ^ | February 19, 2007 | Fred Barnes

[HonestConservative]

Go, CA!

right on the nose in my book.

[chiefqc]

Reid is a crybaby thief who is now running scared, which could'nt happen to a better person.

[Steely Tom]

It sounds like Republicans have been schooled on being a minority by the democrats. Too bad someone didnt school them on how to be a majority.

That someone couldn't possibly be the Democrats. They only how how to be a majority with the media running interference for them 24/7/365.

[Clintonfatigued]

I am very encouraged by McConnell, who knows how to use the rules.

[WestSylvanian]

What's he going to do on the immigration bill when Bush and the Democrats attempt to ram that through. Where does he stand?

[Amalie]

A true statement. The GOP sucks at circling the wagons. They will be hunting him viciously for having a backbone. It also shows us that, while we had some traitors in the ranks, we cant blame the last Senate for stuff that didnt get accomplished.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[Christian4Bush]

McConnell, after a dozen years of Republican rule in the Senate, has schooled Republicans on how to operate effectively as a minority.

Apologies if this has been noticed upthread...but it was the House Republicans that "ruled" for a dozen years. The Senate was "majoritied" by the R's for only four. Granted, they did have the Senate as a result of the 2000 election, but when Jeffords jumped, it made the Dims the majority party (and Tom Dasshole the SML). Other than that, spot on article.

And to it, I'll add that I'd hope at least one Republican, when they hear the caterwauling of "obstructionism", that they would put up a two prong posterboard. One side says "JUDGES". The other side has the name of a judge that was appointed by President Bush, had majority support coming out of committee, would have had a confirmation if the vote were allowed, and NEVER REACHED THE VOTE because Dingy Soiled D**pers Harry and his caucus didn't allow a vote. Go through them, one by one...including Henry Saad, the one that Dingy said would have been defeated anyway, due to what was in his FBI file (in which Dingy Soiled should not have looked).

Payback's a (witch - rhymes with), ain't it, Democrats?

[pgkdan]

I think it's more important to be able to stop the stampedse of socialism that'll be coming out of the House. If it gets to Bush, he'll sign it...he's not going to fight the dem's. McConnell will and I'm grateful for that.

[brydic1]

Although I voted republican in the '06 election, I think we may well be grateful to those republicans and independents that gave the House and Senate to the Democrats. Democrats totally disgrace themselves when they are in power. Just as Carter's victory sealed the fate of the democrats in '80, I think that the democrat victory this last election will rebound to a Republican victory in '08. Republicans, led by the their inept President and largely unprincipled Congress critters brought about the election result of '06.

When the American people see the insanity of the democrats thru the next 2 years, if the republicans conduct themselves half way sanely, they should be able to hold on to the White House and the regain the Congress. I truly believe that the best way to turn the American people to the conservative philosophy is for them to witness the insanity of the leftist agenda as represented by the democrats. I have said before and I say again that if it had not been for the Carter Presidency, we would never gotten a Reagan Presidency. I am still satisfied that I played a small part in that transition by voting for that nut job Carter in '76. It is imperative that conservatives take advantage of this by nominating a true conservative republicans in 2008 to take advantage of the revulsion the country will feel against the democrats in '08.