[Texasforever]

Valarie, it does make a big difference if someone has a R beside their name. The Senate AND the House do their major business in committees. If you look at the times the GOP holds the majority and you look at who chairs those committees, you will find very few RINOs in that position but having that R by their name enables the conservatives to chair the committees. The RINOs serve a purpose in that it helps avoid what we just saw on the Judicial crucifixion.

[BluesDuke]

...on the Judicial crucifixion

That's a polite way to put it. Where I come from, what was done to Mr. Pickering would be called buggery. And if you'll pardon my Stengelese, it looked to me like there were amateurs holding the Vaseline pot.