Ken,
 
What is this now?  Four times we've agreed!?!  
 
A couple of months ago, I got an email from the DNC asking if party members thought that the party should target Democrats that were voting like Republicans.  Because of the way Congressional leadership is selected, this would be shooting ourselves in the foot, because even if these Dems don't follow the party line, as long as they remain Democrats, they count toward the totals necessary for a majority.
 
If you pit a new Democratic candidate against an incumbent in the primary, it makes it easier for an opponent to be elected.  I'd say the same thing if I were a Republican and disaffected with the party leadership.
 
As a matter of fact, this is why the Republicans backed away from the "Contract For (on?) America," which proposed term limits.  Wyomings lone member of Congress was originally elected as part of the Newt Gingrich reformation, and promised in her first campaign to be in for 6 years and come home.  If she's relected in November, it'll be her 6th term.  After she was elected, she told the voters that she hadn't realized how the seniority system works, although several people wrote Letters to the Editor of the major state newspaper (including me) pointing this out.
 
Kendall

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From: ken barber [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Fri 4/7/2006 8:43 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: article...



i think you r right. the libby case will take well
past the 2006 elections to get going. instead of
hoping for a bombshell, the dems might try an actuall
agenda.

--- Kendall David Corbett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> ...and in order for Congress to impeach Bush, the
> Democrats would need
> to be in control, which isn't likely unless some
> real bombshells come
> out of the Libby trial, which will be delayed until
> after the 2006
> elections, IMHO.
>
> Kendall
>
> An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's
> redundant!)
>
> The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the
> unreasonable one
> persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
> Therefore, all
> progress depends on the unreasonable man.
>
> -George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kathleen Salkin [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 3:43 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: article...
>
> I don't like him any more than you do, Anthony, and
> I would love to 
> see him get impeached but to be scrupulously fair, I
> need to see 
> evidence.
>
> I also think what they did to Bill Clinton was
> horrible and I think 
> turnabout would be fair play, but I don't see it
> happening.  He's too 
> wily.
>
> Kat
>
> On 6 Apr 2006, at 18:39, Anthony Arnold wrote:
>
> I have given up on hope that Bush and Chaney are
> going to be removed, 
> so we
> better live through the next 3 years and promise
> ourselves that the 
> mistakes
> made won't be repeated.  Being in a red state where
> majority 
> appreciate what
> Bush and Chaney are doing for everyone of us, I'm
> just amazed that 
> people
> aren't willing to smell the roses.
>
> Thanks,
> Anthony
> Visit my website at www.anthonyarnold.net
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cerebral Palsy List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On 
> Behalf Of
> Kathleen Salkin
> Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 5:06 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: article...
>
> If this is true, this is shocking...but before going
> all half-cocked,
> do consider the source.  This guy is under criminal
> investigation and
> is probably naming names to cut a deal.  Until I see
> an indictment
> for Bush come out, I'm going to be sceptical.
>
> I loathe Bush, but he is innocent until proven
> guilty.
>
> Kat
>
>
> On 6 Apr 2006, at 17:03, Mike Collis wrote:
>
> I was willing to give Bush the benefit of the
> doubt...
>
> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12187153/ but if this is
> true, it raises
> danger
> signals...
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