Thanks for posting the info about the “Gang of Fourteen”. I hope Freepers will come to understand what a victory for Republicans it really was. We’re lucky those guys intervened which prevented the fillibuster by democrats & thus Republicans having to use the “Nuclear Option”. It was sort of like us negotiating w/ the Russians (or whomever) to prevent them deploying their forces which would prompt us to deploy a nuke (ala “Nuclear Option”). Diplomacy is better than force when both can accomplish the same goal. (Don’t read into that that I support negotiating w/ terrorists or anything like that!).
Okay, so we have McCain who is certainly the more Social Conservative than Romney or Giuliani; and he’s certainly the most Fiscally Conservative candidate in the race, period. Hunter & Thompson just aren’t showing the numbers to be viable candidates - So who you gonna vote for??
And when was that poll posted above taken? Wonder if the numbers have changed at all since then...
Gang of 14 was actually a great political accomplishment; McCain-Feingold was probably initialted w/ good intentions but turned out to have unforseen negatives, and the Immigration Bill was probably a rush to take action (tried to accomplish something too quickly). I don’t think his inclusion in the “Keating 5” is really a reflection of his actions - he was a newbie that got incriminated by association - and remember, he was found NOT to have done anything wrong. That incident is what has shaped McCain into the conscientious senator he has become. He’s more careful than the average legislator NOT to do anything questionable!
NEVER voted for earmarks, loves the line-item veto, NEVER voted for a tax increase, targets over-spending & misuse of power by Congress - Put this guy in charge! (He knows the system and will fix it!).
Good on Domestic Issues, Good on Foreign Policy...
A vote for anyone else is one up for the democrats!
Second, "going nuclear" works both ways. A rat President would be able to appoint courts-full of Stephen Breyers and Ruth Bader-Ginsbergs on a bare majority vote and there would be nothing the Republicans could do about it. (Of course, the rats could still "go nuclear" on their own watch, but the chances of that are at least a little diminished. Once again it would be the rats breaking new ground in their efforts to take America down the sewer.)
The "Gang of Fourteen" scheme could not have worked out better.
McCain-Feingold was probably initialted w/ good intentions but turned out to have unforseen negatives
I totally disagree with your effort to dismiss McCain's responsibility for this abominable piece of crap. It's a killer, and it makes McCain look completely untrustworthy. Any legislator who promotes legislation based on the premise that politicians are crooks who are routinely bought and sold tells me more about the sponsoring legislator than anything else. It is the stone opposite of Reagan's philosophy which was, "People donate to my campaign because they like my positions, not because they are trying to influence my positions."