[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....

[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 ??

[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.

[Diogenesis]

The Republicans -- the other surrender monkeys.

[TomGuy]

Amazing. Every time a Dem gets in hot water, a Pub ends up resigning. Remember the several House members who resigned after Clinton was caught?

Pubbies should resign as the majority party. They seem to be capable of only acting as the minority party.

[Steve_Seattle]

Goddammit - everyone in Washington leaks, but the only ones who ever pay for it are Republicans. This makes me REAL mad.

[Zeppo]

a sacrifice offered by the GOP leadership in hope of persuading the Democrats to wind down the fight over leaked Judiciary Committee memos

Won't they ever learn? Appeasing a tyrannical enemy never works. It only fuels their fanaticism and their desire to extract more concessions. The Republicans have been fooled so many times by the Dems that I'm beginning to wonder whether the fools are in charge. Um, Hatch is involved? Case closed.

[af_vet_1981]

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

Unless he has done something wrong he should not do it. He should publicly rebuke anyone who suggests it unless he has done something unethical or illegal.

[familyofman]

"Miranda helped galvanize the Senate Republican caucus and outside constituent groups such as Hispanics and Catholics behind the nominees."

What exactly did the leaked dem memos show they were doing? How different was that from what this staffer was doing?

[george wythe]

“Miranda has really been the quarterback on the Republican side for much of the Senate activity on this,”

Why are we sacrificing our quarterback for clicking on the computer icon "My Computer" and reading about the dirty tricks that Democrats were doing?

I'm angry with the spineless Republicans.

I'm calling Frist righ now.

[Cicero]

Spineless stupidity.

[petitfour]

I'm pretty ticked off about this. I gave them the benefit of the doubt on this a week ago, thinking they would not fire a new dad who was giving his all to getting through the RAT obstruction in the judiciary committee. An open server is an open server.

The Hatch/Frist retreat had better begin their hanging of the RAT memo writers. TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!