"The major goal politically is to regain the Senate, so that we can get those judges and also get some decent legislation, like further tax cuts and social security reform and vouchers. Staying home will not help get the Senate and will endanger President Bush's second term,"I won't be staying home, and I don't think many others will be either. I don't agree with the strategy of giving the Dems everything they want as the way to get more Republicans in congress but I could be wrong. So as you say, I will hold my nose and vote a republican ticket, this time.
If the Rebublicans don't get a majority in the Senate, quit spending money, and quit kissing the Dems butts after this fall, then they have no one to blame but themselves if they lose in 2004. Myself, I will vote Libertarian.
PS. I'll never stay home. Always vote.
The problem here is that too many people assume that Dubya doesn't *really* believe his statist agenda and will push a completely different one if he has a GOP Senate. Let's assume this argument is true. This brings an obvious implication: if he is now only "pretending," Dubya would be the slickest liar who held the oval office in American history!)