New blow for Rice: Moderate senator voices concern

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20. Agreed

But beyond this, this is a dirty game and I doubt few if any of us know all the facts. The fact of the matter is that its a damn shame we're losing the one we have.

I don't claim to know everything here, but a good SOS is going to have to play the game better than this. We can wish the game away all we like, but that doesn't mean that it's not still there. Its the finances and the pipeline issue that worry me the most about her common sense. She seems almost naive and I can't imagine a worse trait for this position.

Just standing blindly by the potential nominee without recognition of the potential pitfalls is a serious error, in my opinion, but I'd be welcome to any opposing opinions to that - and I wish some more in the party willing to stand up for her besides pundits.

Where is her backing in the party itself? Who is standing up for her? I'd like to know because I'm not seeing it in what I've read thus far. What's the President's stance on this?