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...time in 2001, he also has less votes. With the midterm-bruised Democrats looking to firm up the battle lines for 2004, don't look for any of the old Breaux-led defectors to be there this time around (especially the ones Bush helped defeat this fall). On the GOP side, 2001 heretics John McCain and Lincoln Chafee are already off-board again, and Senate Finance Committee chairman Chuck Grassley is already predicting a rough and transformative Senate ride...
...given this second chance, can Pickering win? That's a question of simple but unpredictable mathematics, says Magarian. "With the Republicans in control of the judiciary committee, it comes down to whether there are GOP members who can be swayed to the Democrats' viewpoint." And while Pennsylvania's Arlen Specter has been known to stray from the GOP line on issues of civil rights and abortion, given the increasingly polarized atmosphere in the Senate, and the highly charged nature of this nomination, such a visible defection seems unlikely...
...whether Pickering is confirmed or not, the fact that he's back in the running is bound to provide rich fodder for both Democrats and Republicans gearing up for the 2004 campaign trail. Democrats can point to the GOP's outdated philosophies on civil rights, while the Republicans can point to Dems' obstructionist politics that have kept so many benches empty two years into Bush's term...
...different from, say, the Tennessee or North Carolina brands. Despite our Republican governor and mayor, this is a state - not to mention a city - overflowing with pro-choice, pro-gun control, pro-civil rights voters. Not, in other words, an obvious place to deliver scores of GOP faithful for an extended stay...
...please, GOP delegates: come to our city, stay in our overpriced shoebox hotel rooms, eat in our maddening four-star restaurants, and litter our surprisingly clean streets with your election-year literature. And when you're done with the business of the day, we strongly encourage you to partake in the goings-on in the city that never sleeps. Here are a few suggestions for after-hours activities here in Gomorrah...