I wonder if the behavior of the Democrats at Wellstone's memorial will prevent future showings of good will and tributes like this one. I hope that this farce will spur a backlash against the Dems, partly because, otherwise, it can only coarsen politics and campaigns and make the public more cynical about everything to do with government.


Maybe Ashcroft should have contested his senate defeat rather than doing the honorable thing.


Democrats keep saying that they need to maintain a majority in the Senate to assue "balanced government." It doesn't have anything to do with power. Sure, and that's why they voted uniformly against removing Bill Clinton, all the while mourning over the loss of bipartisanship, and avowing that his behavior was inexcusable and beneath contempt. And they bravely surrenderd control of Congress in 1994 out of concern for balance in government.