Leak staffer ousted Frist aide forced out in an effort to assuage Dems By Alexander Bolton

The Hill ^ | 02-05-04

[MamaLucci]

Hatch and Frist lead the GOP retreat (as usual).
It is past time for HATCH to be ousted, IMHO! GRRRRRR.....

[Moose4]

Just DAMN. Will we ever, EVER, stand up to these obstructionist bastages and make them responsible for what they've done?

Excuse me now, I have to go bang my head against the wall in frustration.

}:-)4

[dts32041]

Posted last night some time, remember gentlemen don't read other peoples mail, believed that was the reason the US didn't have a spy agency until WWII?

BTW think it was a rat that set up the first coordinator of intelligence.

[NetValue]

Hatch should actually join the democrat party so he can be officially called what he looks like.

[prairiebreeze]

crappy ping

[ken5050]

Two points....first, my fearless prediction is that Bush, and in conjunction, Frist, stick in in the Dems eye by appointing the guy to a WH or Justice department position...and forget about Hatch...may I sadly remind you that unless a deal has been struck ( and I hope it has)the NEXT chair of the SJC is Arlen Spector....

[Froggie]

Orin Hatch is a total waste -- Ted Kennedy is his best friend in the Senate - 'nuf said? A mega dose of testosterone seems in order for a lot of the Republican Senators - only Santorum, McConnell, and Nichols have the nads for the job of taking on the Dems. And unfortunately Nichols is retiring. He'd be a good candidate for 2008 come to think of it!

[prairiebreeze]

meant to ping you too Mo

criminey

[Peach]

Yeah. Crappy indeed. The Republicans need to take boxing lessons. They wimp out every time.

[Dog]

The aide’s departure signals that Senate Republican leaders will likely pull back from confrontation over Bush’s judges.

No balls.

[jempet]

Oh no, can we ever get rid of Spector? Toomey is doing alot of advertising in my area, as is Spector. It is time for that man to go.

[skip2myloo]

OK, I'm naive.

Somebody please explain to me why the GOP is caving into this BS instead of going after the content and purpose of the Democrat memos.

I understand the principles and theory.

I want to understand the inside political shenanigans that make this "strategy" or "tactic," or whatever it is, practical.

I mean do the Dems have some dirty pictures of some pubbies, who's being blackmailed, and for what ??

That's the only explanation, isn't it ??

[MamaLucci]

...the NEXT chair of the SJC is Arlen Spector..

All the more reason for the Scottish law expert to be defeated by Toomey.
And, I don't care if Miranda is appointed to the Supreme
Court, if the GOP doesn't find a way to capitalize on the explosive
CONTENTS of those memos, they don't DESERVE to be the majority party.

[Corporate Law]

This is pure B(arbra)S(treisand). The Rats would never do this to their own. In fact, I remember in the whole Clarence Thomas Senate farce, the leaker of Anita Hill's lies was a staffer for Ohio Senator Howard Metzenbaum ("mean spirited liberal dinosaur", according to a Washingtonian Magazine survey of staffers at the time). Old Howie not only refused to fire the leaker but got angry at the Pubbies on the Judiciary Committee for "daring" to criticize the weasel.

I will have to use this as my reason for not contributing the next time the GOP calls for a donation.

[upchuck]

The aide’s departure signals that Senate Republican leaders will likely pull back from confrontation over Bush’s judges.

No! No! No! No! No! No! No!

Now, more than ever, IT'S ALL ABOUT THE JUDGES!!!

[Huck]

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist’s (R-Tenn.) top aide on judicial nominees is expected to announce his resignation at the end of this week — a sacrifice offered by the GOP leadership in hope of persuading the Democrats to wind down the fight over leaked Judiciary Committee memos.

LOL!!!!

[TomServo]

Already posted here.

[boomop1]

Oust Frist, Specter, Hatch, Snow the senate is controlled by the stealth democRats anyway.

[dts32041]

cause they are wimps and pubbies.

[ken5050]

IMHO, I believe the WH has already cut a deal with Arlen..in return for the fund raisers, he won't take the chair of the SJC...actually, it may end up saving his life..for the battly for the SC nominees will be take no prisoners..in the committee AND on the floor....Hatch looked exhausted at times..and Spector hasn't got that kidn of energy...so I surmise...actually HOPE, that Arlen will not take it...so, the question..then who...obviously it takes a younger, and MORE conservative mind for the job..Sessions has done well, but he's not the most effective public speaker..his style is too down home..too folksy..I'd love to see them jump ranks and give it to Cornyn of Texas.....he's very polished, and seems to be itching for a fight..