Reply #24: You may think this sounds like a good idea because you're thinking of Members [View All]

[beaconess]

you like doing the talking.

But such a precedent would not be limited to the Senators and House Members we agree with. Do you really want the likes of Joe Lieberman, Trent Lott, Sam Brownback, Dan Burton, and Charlie Norwood running around trying to negotiate with foreign governments?

The Founding Fathers had it right - and we don't upend all of our processes just because we don't like the guy with the power. That's the beauty of our system - Bush won't be president forever. And we certainly don't want to set a precedent for future presidents to be undercut and undermined by renegade legislators.