Posted on 02/03/2015 3:59:04 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Sen. Lindsey Graham is knocking Sen. Ted Cruz’s effort to block Loretta Lynch from becoming attorney general over immigration.
Graham said Cruz’s proposed blockade would just leave Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. in charge.
“Nobody is going to say that the executive order is illegal that President Obama appoints, so the idea that we would block an attorney general nominee until you’ve gotten somebody to agree with Sen. Cruz about the executive order is probably not feasible,” he said. “It ensures that Eric Holder stays in place for two years. It’s picking a fight that we can’t win.”
Graham, like Cruz, is a member of the Judiciary Committee. Both are considering running for the GOP presidential nomination.
Graham added that the GOP should “pick fights that are good for the country, that are winnable.”
“I don’t find Loretta Lynch an unqualified person,” he said.
Cruz last week told CQ Roll Call the fate of Lynch rested with Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, noting he could refuse to bring her nomination to the floor.
On Tuesday he urged his fellow Republicans on the Committee to vote against Lynch.
“If every Republican on the Judiciary Committee votes ‘no,’ Ms. Lynch’s confirmation will be defeated,” he said. “Likewise, if Republican leadership chooses not to report the nomination to the floor, Ms. Lynch’s nomination will be defeated.”
Her endorsement of the president’s executive actions on immigration are the main sticking point.
“If Republicans mean what we say when we oppose the president’s unconstitutional executive amnesty, then we should use every constitutional check and balance we have,” Cruz said. “One of the most potent checks and balances the Constitution gives the Senate is the power of confirmation.”
The Senate isn’t expected to act on the nomination until early next month, despite White House pleads that Republicans advance her nomination more quickly.
Lindsey Graham just wants her lipstick.
And Goober actually thinks that he can get elected president?
Linda:
Why don’t you just publicly blow someone and come out of the closet?
It’s 2015 and closet homos are worse than open homos.
Heinrich Himmler was a capable individual. That wasn’t the problem with him filling that position.
Maybe Linda and Barky can tie the knot.
Just another Holder in a skirt. Graham is an idiot.
“Graham added that the GOP should “pick fights that are good for the country, that are winnable.””
Never actually seen you win anything, brah.
Which describes every fight that the GOPe is involved in.
This is typical mealy mouthed GOPe logic. They are never willing to take a stand on principle. No, they must be assured of victory before entering the fray.
Good thing George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and FDR didn't require an assurance of victory before engaging the enemy.
The difference is between being a Leader and being a Politician. Leaders are propelled by conviction, politicians are propelled by polls.
No doubt Goober would have voted to confirm Himmler for this very reason.
Isn't that basically the same fuzzy logic used by German politicians which led to Hitler's rise to power?
No, goober believes he can keep conservative candidates from the nomination by derailing their chances in South Carolina.
It’s Ok for democrats to sink a GOP nominee like Robert Bork. But it’s not Ok for GOP members to sink a nominee like Loretta Lynch.
Graham needs to fake a run for president so that he can create a campaign account to park all the money he was promised by the Chamber of Communists.
God Bleess Ted Cruz!!!
Good thing Romney lost. He would have kept Holder. Right?
Or selected someone worse. Ever think of that? I trust Milt about as far as I can throw him underwater.
Better the devil you know....
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