You can be sure this will be cited in future years when other Cabinet nominees are not confirmed. Once you break the taboo, it's broken for all time.
What has this session of Congress accomplished? I'm sure they can give me a list of minor technical bills but on the big things they have failed.
The only thing we can be sure of is that the party that wins will exaggerate the results, and the party that loses will downplay the results.
They shore up the party base, making sure that the faithful turn out, and they show that they think the races are important, which sometimes they aren't.
I'm not sure $100 million could elect Katherine Harris. You can spend $100 million marketing dog food, but if the dogs won't eat, it isn't going to sell.
It splits his base, and it will be endless trouble for him if it goes forward, and I'm sure he won't let it happen.