WASHINGTON MERRY-GO- ROUND

But will McCain and Chaffee bolt? Certainly not before the outcome of the Louisiana election is decided, because if Landrieu loses, their switch would leave an evenly divided Senate (50 Republicans, 49 Democrats and one independent, Jim Jeffords of Vermont, who votes with the Democrats). And Vice President Dick Cheney, acting in his constitutional role as president of the Senate, would keep the Republicans in the majority.

This is why Louisiana is to 2002 what Florida was to 2000 and why money from both parties is pouring into that state.

Prediction: There is a 50-50 chance that McCain and Chaffee will switch parties and a similar chance that McCain will become the Democratic standard bearer in 2004. The odds of a Landrieu victory in Louisiana are much higher.
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thanks to Cursor

Not only would this scenario slow down the rape of our country, it would cause so much coffee to come shooting out of those wingnut noses.