What Choices has Mr Cowen - Which way will he steer the political ship- Straboard ( Right )my guess

Lets face it . The GP is now little more than the bordello of Irish politics. You pay - the harlot performs. She does so at the whim of the punter.And repeats it just so long as he pays.
The manner of their Machiavellian march into Dail Eireann under Gormley rather than Sergeant amply demonstrated their lust for the whiff of power- principals were for losers.

Lets face it . The GP is now little more than the bordello of Irish politics. You pay - the harlot performs. She does so at the whim of the punter.And repeats it just so long as he pays.
The manner of their Machiavellian march into Dail Eireann under Gormley rather than Sergeant amply demonstrated their lust for the whiff of power- principals were for losers.
The manner of the rigged up questioneer which the party delegates had to complete , at their Programe for Government debate spoke volumes about whatever scintila of ethical value system which they might hitherto have laid claim to.They had none . They were bereft of any real coherent political purpose.

The Greens have not just lost their moral compass; they have willfully and conscientiously buried it with their once laudable core beliefs.
Brian Cowen has now two choices to make in filling ; a/ the Senate seat , and b/ Mr Lee's seat . Will he try to appease the GP or will he resort to his default position ''if in doubt '' leave out , if in doubt '' Remember that clever little diktat . ?

If he appoints a FF devotee to an Seanad , he will have appeased the baying wrathful e consensus of his FF backbench disaffected - disparagingly referred to as ''the mumblers .''
( Mr Kenny has gone for a personality make-over to stop his salivating demons to emasculate his ’’ mumblers ‘’in FG .

If he appoints a Green , it will mean that he too is procrastinating beyond reasonable doubt. The figures are still a little unwieldy for him to abandon the GP.
But Mr Cowen Maybe he'll do what Solomon refrained from doing - maybe he'll cut the baby in two- gruesome , yes , but Mr Cowen desperately needs a good ruse for his own political survival.
My guess is that he will appoint a FF' er. To an Seanad and hold off on the bye elections until this political ice age has passed.
Why will he appoint a FF‘er to an Seanad ? For the very worst of all possible reasons ;Because he can- to paraphrase Bill Clinton after Lewinski .
‘’- I did it..for the worst of reasons.. - because I could. '''

Sure .The Greens will throw another tantrum; and maybe another rattler out of the pram , but they have now precious little to throw.
So they will just roll over and take it again , and again and...

One way or another I will miss Ms de Burca's pleasant demeanor ,her personable elegance and her soft spoken eloquence.
Regrettably I confess I will not miss in the departure of Mr Lee with quite the same sense of loss .