Question: Why can't Kerry be Senate Minority Leader?

ChavezSpeakstheTruth

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Mon Nov-08-04 10:10 PM
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Question: Why can't Kerry be Senate Minority Leader?

Got into a discussion about replacing Daschle and I didn't have a response to this question

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grannylib

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Mon Nov-08-04 10:11 PM
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1. Because he's the PRESIDENT, silly! The rest of the country just has not

Edited on Mon Nov-08-04 10:11 PM by grannylib

figured out that it was robbed again.

(edited my lousy grammar)

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Lilli

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Mon Nov-08-04 10:12 PM
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4. I love you grannylib!

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dave502d

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Mon Nov-08-04 10:13 PM
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7. That what i was going to say,thank you.n/t

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idiosyncratic

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Mon Nov-08-04 10:20 PM
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11. I was going to say that too. He is the President!! IMHO. n/t

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Nicholas_J

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Mon Nov-08-04 10:41 PM
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15. Protocol

He is still a junior senator. These positions go to senior senators.

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klook

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Mon Nov-08-04 10:12 PM
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2. Damn good question

How do they select the minority leader, anyway?

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goobergunch

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Mon Nov-08-04 10:13 PM
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6. Caucus vote

The Democratic Caucus (45 Senators now) votes next week by secret ballot. Whoever gets a majority of the votes wins.

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roguevalley

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Mon Nov-08-04 10:12 PM
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3. who cares. I feel betrayed that he won't stand up for the law. I

hope he takes my name off his list.

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JohnKleeb

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Mon Nov-08-04 10:12 PM
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5. good question, I think its because hes not in the senate hierachy though

I dont know. I like Kerry, and hell i even applied to intern for him, didnt work out though because the other class placed someone in there already, damnit, maybe in the summer.

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FreshAir

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Mon Nov-08-04 10:15 PM
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8. ...

Because...

1. To 50% of America, he's the most liberal member of the Senate. That might not sound bad to us, but to the heartland...

2. He lost (possible fraud aside). No one, at least in the media, likes a loser. Do we want the media to be taking about the so-callled "landslide" every time our party opposes Bush?

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ChavezSpeakstheTruth

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Tue Nov-09-04 08:13 AM
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16. Are you kidding me?- that sounds alot like caving to the right, newcomer

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PretzelWarrior

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Mon Nov-08-04 10:16 PM
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9. because he said "wrong war, wrong place, wrong time"

1 year in the penalty box.

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UTUSN

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Mon Nov-08-04 10:17 PM
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10. Why Do We Want That?

I want him to be on all the Sunday talk shows. Why isn't Al GORE on all the circuses? Why is Dob bole on all the shows? Why is LIEBERMAN on all the circuses?

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Freddie Stubbs

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Mon Nov-08-04 10:25 PM
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12. Perhaps he doesn't want the position

He hasn't shown any interest by runiing for a leadership position in the Senate before.

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Leilani

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Mon Nov-08-04 10:28 PM
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13. Because his fellow Dems wouldn't choose him...

He has never been a political operative type.

Harry Reid has run the floor operations for Daschle, & is the best qualified.

Chris Dodd decided not to challenge him, because Reid had the votes.

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jzodda

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Mon Nov-08-04 10:31 PM
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14. He wouldnt take that job

I am sure he wants the freedom to say what he wants instead of being a deal maker. Sort of what Ted Kennedy did after he lost to Carter in the 1980 primary.

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