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In this case, the political cost of doing the right thing is small, since a Democrat governor would replace Menéndez with another Democrat. Therefore I must conclude that the thing preventing his expulsion is the conspiracy of the old boy network, and all those allowing him to remain are its equally guilty co-conspirators.

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What would our compass say, if it were a Repub to replace Menendez? I don’t want to know

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It should be the same thing that Mitch McConnell - of all people! - thought in 1995, when as the chairman of the Senate Ethics Committee - he called for the resignation or expulsion if necessary of Senator Bob Packwood, knowing there was a good likelihood the Democrats would take the seat (which they did, with Ron Wyden). Because it was the right thing. It's too bad Mitch has evolved backwards so much.

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Evolution turned upside down

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That would take sterner stuff than we've apparently got. Lol.

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