[flashbunny]

Sorry, you're wrong.

The republican party is the party of ideas. Positions are supposed to be debated in order to have the best one win.

The democratic party is the party of lockstep compliance with leadership. Remember how everybody fell in line no matter what Clinton did? And everyone here rightly derided it.

Now, the party and some people here are trying to do the same thing - stifle any debate based on the issues and ideas. They're doing it with things like calling people 'elitists' or 'sexists' or saying they're disloyal or hurting the party. Some even went as far as to say this would 'hurt the war effort'.

Not only is that wrong, it is offensive.

Failing to question bad decisions is why the democratic party is in its current state of freefall. If we do the same, we won't get stronger. We'll just get weaker like they did.

Survival of the fittest ideals and principle leaves you with the fittest ideals and principles. It DOES NOT weaken you!

[babygene]

You sound a lot like Rush...

[maryz]

The democratic party is the party of lockstep compliance with leadership.

That's why they remain so effective even in the minority. If Republicans had more "lockstep compliance," we could have set off the nuclear option in June and we wouldn't be having this particular discussion.

[PjhCPA]

Well made point. And i agree.

[LS]

But your problem is you don't want to wait for the debate (the hearings). You want the nomination dead before the trial. Not very smart.