17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
Josh Crockett is exactly right here...
It would seem that we need to hunt down our issues and support them, seeing as that politicians are notoriously unreliable on supporting every single issue we would like them to support.
And that's why Declan's message about Leahy is foolish. When you find a champion on the Hill for one issue, you rally around him/her. And when they won't support you on another issue, you find another champion. If your policy is to disown Hill allies (in this case, Leahy) who break ranks with you from time to time, you'll quickly run out of allies. And when you have no allies on the Hill, you're really screwed. John Raffetto