If the GOP loses the Senate
Courtesy of polipundit, we came upon an alarming Washington Times article about the consequences, should Democrats take control of the Senate during war. The GOP should be advertising heaviliy in states with Senate races in doubt, pointing out:
In the midst of the war on terror, Armed Services Committee Chairman John Warner, a former Secretary of the Navy, would be replaced by Carl Levin, who voted in 1991 and 2002 against authorizing the use of force against Saddam Hussein. Over the past 10 years, Mr. Levin has received an average "liberal quotient" score of 94.5 percent from Americans for Democratic Action (ADA), virtually indistinguishable from Ted Kennedy's 95.5 percent over the same period. Mr. Warner's comparable score is 11.5 percent.
Iowa's Tom Harkin — one of the staunchest liberal ideologues in the chamber — would take over the Senate Agriculture Committee. Delaware Democrat Joe Biden, who has a lifetime rating of 14 percent from the American Conservative Union (ACU), would become chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, replacing Republican Sen. Richard Lugar, whose lifetime ACU rating is 79 percent.
Liberal stalwart Paul Sarbanes of Maryland (1994—2003 average ADA rating: 97.5 percent) would become chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, replacing Sen. Richard Shelby, whose comparable ADA average rating is 8.5 percent. Meanwhile, Mr. Kennedy, with his aforementioned 10—year 95.5 percent ADA score, would become chairman of the Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee in place of Republican Sen. Judd Gregg of New Hampshire, whose 10—year ADA rating is 6 percent