Yes, I know, but I think that you are being very unfair. 2 REASONS: 1) The Republicans didn't control congress and the WH long enough to do anything. It was just few months, during which Bush was trying to set up his administration. Jeffords jumped when they began to push a conservative agenda (the judges). 2) We lost a lot of Pro-Life votes in the last election. I don't think that we would have had the votes even if the Republicans had voted on it. Can you name 51 Senators who would vote for it? Keeping in Mind that the Democrats would put a lot more pressure on any democrat who voted pro-life, since clinton isn't there to veto it.
I think that the heart of your complaint is that the Republicans didn't make it their #1 vote. But if they tryed that, one of the RINOs would have switched to prevent it. Right now Senator chaffee has threaten to switch parties in order to keep the republicans out of power. Do you think that he and jeffords (or any other RINO) would have stayed in the party to let the Repubs pass a ban on PBA.
How long is enough? Abortionist allow a few inches of the baby's head inside the womb before they kill it. Does the Senate need 2 years?
"It was just few months, during which Bush was trying to set up his administration."
That didn't stop him from passing some of his agenda items, why did it stop him from doing what Karl Rove is concerned about?
"Jeffords jumped when they began to push a conservative agenda (the judges)."
John Breaux by himself would negate that along with several other DemocRATS.
"2) We lost a lot of Pro-Life votes in the last election. I don't think that we would have had the votes even if the Republicans had voted on it."
I wonder why we lost Pro-life votes? Could it be partially because of the very excuses/reasons that you are using now?
"Can you name 51 Senators who would vote for it? Keeping in Mind that the Democrats would put a lot more pressure on any democrat who voted pro-life, since clinton isn't there to veto it."
It takes leadership, the power of the Bully Pulpit and cajones to pass things that, at the momemt, may seem politically impossible. I don't think that I could accurately name the number of Senators who would vote one way or another and I doubt if you could either.
"I think that the heart of your complaint is that the Republicans didn't make it their #1 vote."
No need for hyperboli. My gripe is they didn't even try.