With the recent appointment of Scott Brown, and the current trend of congressional filibustering, it is my consensus that to be a "republican" ceases to hold any meaning. Before you flip out, let me elaborate. The republican population of the senate, now 41 strong, seems to share Michael Tomasky's definition of "ideological homogeneity." This means that you, as an individual voter, have lost your capacity to determine the actions of your republican state senator. At least until the November mid-term elections, should you happen to disagree with even a single republican stance, you have absolutely no power for influencing a rational vote in the Senate.
Think about it. What are the chances of you writing a letter to your republican representative and it actually being taken seriously enough to have his vote reflect the opinions of the people he represents? If the last 8 months of Senate voting history are any indication, there isn't a chance in hell.
You have lost your opinion as a US citizen, and it is my personal belief (and hopefully yours) that this is a perversion of the US Constitution and something needs to be done about it. Now I don't recognize myself as a republican, but I demand that everyone be allowed to do so if they happen to choose that ideological path.
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"to be a republican ceases to hold any meaning." That is an extremely ballsy statement. I'm surprised to see no republican readers stand up to this.
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