Comments on: Meanwhile In The Senate http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/11/16/meanwhile-in-the-senate/ Summum nec metuas diem, nec optes - Marcus Valerius Martialis Tue, 02 Aug 2011 22:27:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: mokus http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/11/16/meanwhile-in-the-senate/comment-page-1/#comment-43456 mokus Thu, 16 Nov 2006 18:16:44 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/11/16/meanwhile-in-the-senate/#comment-43456 I don't recall Trent Lott as being any more effective than Bill Frist at keeping the GOP Senators focused on common goals. It's wishful thinking to hearken back to some Golden Age of GOP unity, it never happened, not under the two most recent leaders, and not under Bob Dole either. Mitch McConnell has a reasonable chance to hold the GOP side of the Senate together, and Trent Lott is an experienced vote counter and general button hole man, but he comes with some personal and institutional baggage which opens the door to speculation we might see a return to previous bad habits rather than a new way of doing things. I'll hope for the best, but I'll be watching to see if Trent Lott reverts back to a round heals approach to standing on principle, and an insatiable taste for earmarks and pork. I don’t recall Trent Lott as being any more effective than Bill Frist at keeping the GOP Senators focused on common goals. It’s wishful thinking to hearken back to some Golden Age of GOP unity, it never happened, not under the two most recent leaders, and not under Bob Dole either.

Mitch McConnell has a reasonable chance to hold the GOP side of the Senate together, and Trent Lott is an experienced vote counter and general button hole man, but he comes with some personal and institutional baggage which opens the door to speculation we might see a return to previous bad habits rather than a new way of doing things.

I’ll hope for the best, but I’ll be watching to see if Trent Lott reverts back to a round heals approach to standing on principle, and an insatiable taste for earmarks and pork.

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