Republican Senators have been threatening for a year or more to “go nuclear” on the Democrats if the Democrats inist on exercising advice and consent on Bush’s extremist judicial nominations. The Democrats need to counter with nuclear deterrence - a policy of Mutual Assured Destruction. It’s worked in the past. It can work now.
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How can the Democrats respond? Clearly, the balance of power must be maintained, but the Democrats must come up with a response that ups the ante for the Republicans as well. Here’s my suggestion: threaten to retaliate.
Eventually, the Democrats will return to majority status in the Senate. It may be a bare majority, but the Republicans have demonstrated that simple majority power can be wielded tyrannically. The Democrats must do so.
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Go read the whole post. An idea to slap Frist's weenie into his watchpocket. Unless the Repubs have some reason to believe the balance of power in the congress won't tip to the Democrats' side . . . ever.
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