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April 13, 2005
Parliament of Wusses
Senator John McCain (?-AZ)just ended any chance he ever had of becoming the Republican nominee for president. McCain says he will not vote to change Senate rules to prevent Democratic filibusters of judicial nominees. With this statement, he joins other Republican senators including, predictably, Snowe and Collins.
To be honest, I'm open to good procedural arguments against the rule change. I agree with changing the rules because I believe the filibusters are unconstitutional. But the reasoning behind the disagreement of these particular senators is absurd - they're afraid of what will happen when Republicans eventually lose.
Yup, McCain is planning to lose. I like pessimism just as much as the next guy, but turning it into a political philosophy seems rather silly. Especially when you consider that Republican anger over the filibustering of judges and the leadership's refusal to do anything about it threatens the majority they now hold. After all, why should Republicans work hard to elect people who talk tough, but capitulate under the crushing weight of Harry Reid's rhetoric?
There is some good that has come out of this, though. It's about time McCain finally did something so monumentally bad for his career that he can't recover from it with adulation from the media. The only way McCain will ever be president is to run as a Democrat. I think he's finally used up his very small reserve of goodwill with Republicans.
Posted by slublog at April 13, 2005 01:31 PM
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So what's new? McCain has always been an arrogant, nasty little back-stabbing SOB. Oh, sorry, I forgot “contemptible”.
He should have the good grace to follow Jeffords and stop pretending to be something he's not. Actually, several things he's not.
Posted by: Gary S at April 13, 2005 09:49 PM
What makes me even more irritated than McCain are McCainiacs who haven't yet seen the error of their ways. I just don't see how anyone can be inspired by the irritating senator from Arizona.
Posted by: Peter at April 13, 2005 11:19 PM