Pointless. The McInsane/Linseed axis has already declared defeat, so I don’t know why Shelby would do this. Maybe he’s the tip of that spear. Hagel will get in, by a lot. One by one the Senators will fall in line. Just like with Kerry.
There’s a Bloomberg Poll out today showing Obama at 55% positive job approval, a three year high and the Republicans in Congress at 35% positive approval, a three year low.
The average voter who doesn’t follow politics very closely goes with the winners and they don’t like the losers.
If the Republicans cave in on every issue, they are perceived of as the losers and therefore they are unliked.
For image sake alone, they should stand fast and win some political victories.