[madison10]

Recess appointments are last resorts. They wouldn't be in long and with the Dem's obstructionist attitude they probably would not get reappointed. 2004 isn't that far away. Why would they want to leave their homes & businesses for such a gamble?

[Qwinn]

I think we should go for the recess appointments IF it would carry their appointments past the November 2004 elections, because I suspect we're going to pick up a bunch of seats then. Anyone know when such appointments would actually end?

Qwinn

[ysoitanly]

Yes, they are last resorts. Trent Lott (if you can believe it) and Orrin Hatch have brought this up as an option. It seems we are almost at 'last resort' territory. They are temporary, yes, but once seated, are hard to remove. X42 seated one, if not two, judges this way.