Specifically, does it have a sword for the purpose of "falling
on"? The Democrats certainly do. Remember Bob Torricelli? He was a
sure loser in November of 2002, and he was only implicated (at that
point) in wrongdoing. The Democrats' response: "Bye-bye Bob! Frank
is now our man. Fall on that sword or we'll stick it in you."
Contrast that to Conrad Burns, who had his troubles with Jack
Abramoff. Barely a peep from the GOP. Just let him run and get
beaten.
Now we've got a senator who has pled guilty, and any explanation he gives is going
to come off as completely unconvicining. If the GOP can't figure
out that this is time to push aside one of their own so that
someone with a clean slate can run in his place, then this party
has some huge problems.
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