I'm sure they can get him, but I hope the price does not include the NE Dairy Compact.

Mr. Judd;



Didn't some one already float rumours about Jeffords switching back and the party replied "bugger off"?

Lott, who he robbed of the Majority Leadership, told him to buzz off.

AOG - I think Jeffords asked a few friends to ask the Republican leadership what they would give him to return, and leadership said he was welcome to come back but they weren't offering any rewards.

I won't be voting dem in '04,but I see little reason to vote gop in '04,so I'll probably not vote at all,since I suspect the election will be the most blatantly racist in 40 yrs as the dems now see how effective the race card is for them.



Much to their surprise and thanks to neo-cons and libertarians for showing them.

How will not voting change that?

I agree that hte next election will be blatantly racist, as the Dems are likely to accuse every Republican and every Republican program of racism. My guess is that the tactic will be wildly ineffective and produce the obvious white backlash. Time will tell!



However, watching the racially inclusive and morally pure Dems grapple with Al Sharpton will make the experience even more memorable.

Tom:



The great risk of that strategy is that Democrats will be accusing the 52% who just voted Republican of being racist. Hard to see how that helps them, even if true.

The Dems pulled out all the racial stops in 2000 - e.g. accusing Bush of supporting the murder James Byrd - and it nearly pushed Gore over the top. But even then they had to save it for the last days of the campaign, and keep the race-baiting out of view of whites. I think the rise of the Internet and the growing consciousness of the electorate is going to create a bigger backlash next time; and blacks will not be buying because Bush will be a known commodity. We have already seen the peak of Democratic racialism as a profitable political strategy, though it may remain a noisy one for a while.



Dr. Strcklys, have not the neo-cons and libertarians defused the Lott controversy? Would not Lott's continuing presence as majority leader have validated black fears?

>>The great risk of that strategy is that Democrats will be accusing the 52% who just voted Republican of being racist.


And it's worked before,hasn't it?Conservative REpubs are easily demoralized,we know the party really doesn't like us at all,tho they don't dislike us as much as the Dems do.



>>The Dems pulled out all the racial stops in 2000 - e.g. accusing Bush of supporting the murder James Byrd - and it nearly pushed Gore over the top.


The Bird ads ran fairly early in the campaign.And now they could have momentum behind a race based campaign.The other allegations were trotted out during the endless recounts,after the election.





>>How will not voting change that?


If my choices are a Dem pushing for more AA or a Republican pushing more AA,what choice is that?