[neverdem]

Caving in again.

[highlander_UW]

Pardon my language, but WHAT THE HELL?! The dimocrats illegally block the up or down vote on nominees and they get rewarded with success in stopping the ones they don't like as well as a promise not to use the only way around their illegal block?!

[Jaysun]

I saw this yesterday on TV. My reaction to this news is:
F&#$%(#%^!!!!!!!

I saw Das-hole on TV making it "very clear" that this is only a compromise for 25 predetermined candidates. None of the more "controversial" nominees were being considered - nor will they ever be.

[lilylangtree]

"Mr. Bush agreed not to bypass the Senate by using recess appointments to install any more nominees on the federal bench"

Why the heck not? That's the only way he's going to get them all confirmed. Besides, it definitely puts the demoncRATS in a bad light.

[Condor51]

Look no offense meant, but this story has been already posted at least three times.

(this is happening an awful lot lately??)

[Mister Baredog]

I think the Prez must have run out of nominees willing to accept recess appointments.

The Republican Senate should be embarrassed. It almost makes me hope they loose control, then they'll have a better excuse.

It now appears that the U.S.Constitution no longer applies to Demoncrat senators. I would like to think that they will pay someday but I doubt it.

The founding fathers are rolling over in their graves on this one.

I JUST WANT TO PUKE!!!!!!!!!!!

[KellyAdmirer]

Sen. Orrin G. Hatch has postponed the committee hearing on his nomination 19 times while he negotiates with Sen. Carl Levin, Michigan Democrat, over Judge Saad and three other Bush nominees from Michigan. Mr. Levin remains angry that a a cousin's wife wasn't confirmed to that same court when President Clinton was in office.

The Senate is full of vengeful, selfish, spiteful losers who hold grudges for years. Atta way to put the country's interests first, Senator Levin!

[T'wit]

>> Mr. Holmes has been harshly criticized for religious writings in which he said women belong in roles subservient to men.

Monica Lewinsky was so subservient she had to wear knee pads, but we didn't hear the liberal Establishment going to war with Billy Bentpotus over that one.

Next week's lesson: The Prophet Mohammed allows you to beat uppity feminists with a stick.

</deliciously perceptive albeit faintly sarcastic social commentary

[commish]

OK everybody --go back and reread the terms carefully. Bush agreed not to use recess appointments for the rest of his term. That means THIS term, once he is reelected and is on his new term the deal no longer applies.

Basically this was a 25 for 5 trade for 6 months. IOW Bush just got 83% of his nominees approved instead of ZERO.

[xzins]

Mr. Holmes has been harshly criticized for religious writings in which he said women belong in roles subservient to men.

This criticism is shared by several Senate Republicans, including Sens. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island, and Olympia J. Snowe and Susan Collins of Maine.

Here's the issue why the deal was struck. On paper, we are getting 56 votes to invoke cloture. It includes the above 4. In reality, we are 8 votes away and not just 4.

The rino senators vote for cloture because they know it won't be reached. If it were ever reached, they would then vote against it.

A side note: I'll bet what the religious writings of Mr Holmes really said was that a husband has the servant leadership rresponsibility in the home. This is biblical.

The above, though, does constitute a religious test for a government office. Now THAT is illegal.

[thoughtomator]

Would serve the Dems right if Bush simply "forgot" his promise not to recess appoint.

[WOSG]

"Among the high-profile nominations not on the list are California Justice Janice Rogers Brown for the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals and Texas Justice Priscilla Owen to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.."

HUH????

so an agreement to pass the nominees they would pass anyway???!??

But not the KEY NOMINEES THAT THEY WERE HOLDING UP????!?!?

AND NOW BUSH HAS TAKEN A KEY ISSUE OFF THE CAMPAIGN TABLE?!?!?

[Cheapskate]

It looks to me like W/Rove don't give a rat's _ss what we think of them.

this is getting awful OLD!

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[ZULU]

A "Deal" with Democrats means head they win, tails we loose.

Why do so many Republican politicians come in different shades of yellow when it regards playing hardball with Democrats????

[familyofman]

Who blinked first? Will this be a flip or a flop, a flip/flop, and for who? How would this strategy be described in terms of 'Texas hold'em' for the poker players among us?

[JohnBDay]

Daschle might not be "deeply saddened," but I am.