Different times call for different approaches.
The Senate will be evenly divided at 50-50 if George W. Bush wins the presidency and Democratic vice presidential nominee Joseph Lieberman stays in the Senate. That scenario still gives Republicans nominal control because Dick Cheney would become not only vice president of the country but also president of the Senate with a tie-breaking vote. Nevertheless, Democrats, who picked up four Senate seats in the election, are demanding parity in committee assignments and funding and setting the legislative agenda. He said the options to be considered when he takes up the issue with Lott in the coming days will include committee co-chairs, rotating committee chairs or giving Democrats some chairmanships. Republicans quickly downplayed those possibilities.