I have probably been a Conservative and a Republican far longer than you.I have NEVER been a damned Dem;who you want to help and I don't.
The date is neither moot,nor "immaterial".You don't care enough about facts,to know them.You don't know enough about politics,to realize what's a Republican statement and what isn't.And,FWIW,the GOP majority in the Senate,is so slim,that it hardly counts;not to mention the high numbers of RINOS and the fact that Frist can't do the job he now holds,worth a damn.
You want to throw ad hominems around? First,you'd better have far more political knowledge than you do now and second,you'd best NOT try to play that with me.:-)
Since I don't know enough about politics, your opinion, maybe I just won't vote. After all I am not knowledgeable like you.