Posted on 05/06/2005 1:00:47 PM PDT by SmithL
WASHINGTON -- Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid has privately told individual Republicans he doesn't intend to block votes on any Supreme Court nominees except in extreme cases, according to officials familiar with the conversations.
At the same time, Reid has declined in private — as well as in public — to offer the type of firm no-filibuster assurance that might help him prevail over Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn. in a struggle over President Bush's conservative court appointments and rules covering future confirmations.
The disclosures illustrate the challenge facing the Nevada Democrat, who is struggling against a GOP attempt to change Senate procedures so court candidates can no longer be subjected to the 60-vote requirement of a filibuster.
As leader of a minority, Reid needs the support of wavering GOP senators if he is to force a compromise or win a showdown on the Senate floor. Yet he also must take into account members of his own rank and file as well as activist groups that are adamant about preserving their right to block votes on Bush's current and future nominees.
"I can never say there will never be a filibuster because I cannot say that," he said recently on the Senate floor. "But I don't think this Senate is in the mood for a number of filibusters."
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More drivel from Searchlight's favorite son.
Wow, the very first line belies the headline. May be a new record for AP chicanery.
except in extreme cases?
All cases are extreme to these A-holes.
Duh. The "depends on your definition of" ploy is a TAD familiar.
I can drive a semitrailer through that loophole
(7 hours later)...
554. My Daddy once told me so... 555. My Daddy's Daddy once told me so.... 556..."
LIAR LIAR LIAR LIAR LIAR
**except in extreme cases**
Ha! Anyone to the right of Thurgood Marshall is "extreme."
Reid's nose is growing!
I was talking in circles about spherical object that appear round ...
Question: Why is there no action on this issue? Both sides are saying what they will or might do, but WHEN does this all come to a head? And why haven't the pubs scheduled a hearing for a Bush nominated judge?
Thanks...
Question: Why is there no action on this issue? Both sides are saying what they will or might do, but WHEN does this all come to a head? And why haven't the pubs scheduled a hearing for a Bush nominated judge?
Thanks...
Just another BULL EXCREMENT attempt to stop the Repubs from nailing them. Also Dingy Harry, define "EXTREME"...ALWAYS A WEASLE WORD FROM THE DEMO-RATS.
Yep, providing cover for the Demorats is a full time job for the MSM.
"except in extreme cases."
And he thinks everyone Bush nominates is extreme, so what he really means is "yes, we do plan to filibuster."
Defined here as any nominee to the right of Barney Frank.
LOL....Reid's ploy is so transparent even the most a goofball like Voinovich ought to be able to see through it.
Well golly gee wiz Harry, we shore du thank ya fer beeun soo gud ta us'ns. Yoo's git's da first pik.
"except in extreme cases?
All cases are extreme to these A-holes."
This probably sounds like a good deal to many naive Republican senators. Hatch and McCain would probably go for it.
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