Only Rinos Can Bring About A Duck.

A recent worry among beltway Republicans has been that Democrats will be sore losers after November's midterm elections and ram through radical legislation in a lame duck session before the next congress starts in January. Politico covered the topic today:

As Congress heads home for August, Republicans and conservative activists have a new rallying cry to energize voters: Fear the Lame Duck! With dark warnings, GOP members of Congress and right-wing media figures are suggesting that the Democratic majority could usea post-election session of Congress to jam through tax increases, cap and trade, immigration reform and legislation making it easier for unions to organize workers. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0810/40571.html#ixzz0vZxbmnX9

But remember, Republicans have enough votes in the Senate to filibuster anything. Any substantive bill during a lame duck session should be filibustered on principle alone. The liberal New England and Great Lake Republicans have no excuse not to go along with a filibuster under this circumstance. The Republican establishment needs to make it clear to Susan Collins, Olympia Snow and their ilk that they will be politico-non-grata if they allow a substantive bill to pass in the lame duck session.