[smoothsailing]

Good piece by Kudlow

[Pondman88]

Larry--Good piece and right on!!!!

Read his blog, he is a good man, discovered God, reformed alcoholic.

[wrathof59]

That's utterly preposterous, and it's one of the many reasons why Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist must put Reid and the rest of the filibustering Senate Democrats in their place once and for all.

This is nothing more than wishful thinking on the author's part. In reality, Reid knows he will win, the RINOs will immediately cave and the dems will control the Senate for all intents and purposes.

[Soul Seeker]

Kudlow is correct.

This battle is, to opt for a Dem word, 'nuanced'. There are several factors at play here.

Kudlow addresses an important factor. The Democrats need to be humbled. They need to be taught they are the minority. The Republicans risk having their authority on any issue stripped away if they cave to the minority. I'm not threatening votes in this sense either. If the Minority can win an issue that is fundmental to the Republican base, they will claim victory on all legislation. They, the Minority, will have taken power of the Government in every branch excepting perhaps the house by default.

[shhrubbery!]

Democratic Sen. Max Baucus has a hold on all Treasury Department nominations, including one deputy secretary, two undersecretaries, and three assistant secretaries. One of these assistant positions oversees terrorist money flows. Why is Baucus doing this? Because [Baucus] doesn't agree with U.S. policy on Cuba. Instead of filling some important posts in an important government department, he's aiding the Castro-Chavez axis.

Do the good citizens of Montana who elected Max Baucus to the Senate know that Baucus is a pro-Castro/Chavez leftist? I think not, or they would holler out for his recall ! (Does Montana have recall as an option for the voters?)

Baucus is one of those frauds who votes Leftist, then poses as a 'moderate' when he goes home to the constituency in Montana.

[Logical me]

Come on! Frist is afraid he will be next. Delay is already now in the cesspool of the never ending story. Both Republicans will now find themselves so bogged down they will be totally ineffective. When you have the total Democrat party's only objective is to destroy, and the Republican party trying to get the peoples job done, the republicans will loose. The objective of the CRAT party is to come out winners and move millions of voters back to their party. Next President, I will guarantee if the Republicans don't wake up, will be a rotten CRAT.

[7thson]

Good piece but with one unasked and unanswered question - who is behind this? I do not believe this started because Bush in 2001 was seen without a mandate. My gut tells me this is Hillary's doing. What say you guys and gals?

[MileHi]

Senate Democrats, playing by the new rules, will have a much tougher time standing in the way of tort reform, energy reform, and quite possibly Social Security reform and tax reform.

How is that if the rules change only applies to judicial nominations?

[pas]

This would not even be an issue had they just pulled the trigger and did it. They allow these type things to drag on and the dem attack machine to gear up and shape the debate. Quit being pansies and do what is right.

[NutCrackerBoy]

bump to the top

[nosofar]

It's time for the Senate Republicans to go nuclear. It's time for the president and the GOP to enjoy the mandate they earned in the voting booth last fall.

Could be they just want to be a minority party again. Not so many headaches.