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Today: Frist Lays a Trap for McCain with Filibuster Vote; Matthews: "It's All About Ideology"
The Today Show | governsleast governsbest

Posted on 05/18/2005 4:31:09 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest

Wuh happened?

Your loyal Today Show reporter sat with keyboard primed, ready with the headline for what was sure to be this morning's lead item: "Today's Kind of Kongressman: Galloway for President!"

I was certain that Today would run with the Senate committee testimony of dictator-loving British MP George Galloway, who tweaked Sen. Norm Coleman and his Senate panel, categorically refuting allegations that he had been on Saddam's oil-for-food pad.

But that dog didn't bark this morning. Not only didn't Today feature the story, but at least in the first half-hour, did not mention it at all, not even in the news recap. Could Galloway, so extreme he was thrown out of the Labor Party, be too much of a lefty crackpot even for Today's taste?

Instead, we were treated to a rather mild-mannered segment on the impending vote on the 'nukular' option.

In to opine was Chris Matthews, and he was of the view that: 1. there will be a vote; 2. Frist probably has the votes to win it; and, most interestingly, 3. he has little to lose even if he does not succeed.

Matthews pointed out that John McCain is on record as saying that he will vote against goin' nukular. So if the vote fails, Frist can blame McCain . . . who just might be one of Frist's major opponents for the 2008 GOP presidential nomination.

Matthews agreed with Katie's suggestion that the nukular debate is really about impending Supreme Court nominations, and Matthews pointed out that if the vote carries, the Republicans would be able to confirm one or more justices as early as this summer.

Which should make conservatives reflect on just how momentous is that which is about to happen in the Senate.

Can you imagine how much good can be done for the protection of our constitutional system if W is able to appoint true strict constructionists rather than the kind of watered-down judges able to get past the likes of Kennedy and Schumer wielding a filibuster threat?

Matthews was also frank in admitting that the days of confirming judges based on their competence is long gone.

"Senators might occasionally use an argument based on competence, but nowadays it's all about ideology," he admitted, citing the Bork case, in which of course perhaps the most qualified Supreme Court nominee in decades was turned down.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Arizona; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: 109th; cnim; filibuster; mccrook
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To: Preachin'
Then Mr. Frist is expected to move to shut it down through a series of parliamentary maneuvers that will end with a vote on whether a filibuster on a judicial nominee violates Senate rules."

And it is my speculation that this maneuvering will NOT involve calling for cloture, at least not by the GOP.

The show is underway. Hours of boredom for the next couple days ... but the inevitable is coming, it is coming.

41 posted on 05/18/2005 6:50:51 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: Cboldt
"Hours of boredom for the next couple days ... but the inevitable is coming, it is coming."

I think it'd be funny to see the democrats get totally spanked over this issue.

They have the media on their side, but the bloggers are a force to notice.
42 posted on 05/18/2005 6:53:16 AM PDT by Preachin' (Keep the Kerry/Edwards tags on your cars so we can identify the root of your disease.)
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To: Preachin'
I think it'd be funny to see the democrats get totally spanked over this issue.
They have the media on their side, but the bloggers are a force to notice.

The Democrats are on the wrong side of this issue. Frist would not have the Senate here unless he was quite sure the process is acceptable to a majority of the Senators. I think the people will come to agree with Frist's and the GOP's position, nominees deserve a vote - not confirmation, but a vote.

The bloggers will not play a big part in this, other than educating people who want to understand. The matter will be played out on the public stage of the Senate floor.

43 posted on 05/18/2005 6:59:17 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: ken5050

Reid said on the floor today, that of course JRB rec'd 83% (or whatever) of the vote, because she was running UNOPPOSED!!

He then proceeded to rip in to her, and cited the Atty General saying she was an activist judge, way outside the mainstream, blah, blah, blah,......

I had understood that the Atty Gen made those comments about Owens, not that that should stop Reid from mixing up the nominees. He was on a roll.....


44 posted on 05/18/2005 7:50:00 AM PDT by baseballmom
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

45 posted on 05/18/2005 7:51:05 AM PDT by Dilbert56
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To: baseballmom

If JRB were out of the mainstream it would have been easy for an opponent to unseat her. That no one was even willing to try is something in her favor. Of course, Scummy Harry won't see it that way.


46 posted on 05/18/2005 7:52:53 AM PDT by Dilbert56
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To: Dilbert56

That was my thought, exactly. Here in Pa. we have judges running on BOTH slates - Rep. & Dem. Go figure.


47 posted on 05/18/2005 7:56:46 AM PDT by baseballmom
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

I wrote e-mails encouraging both Virginia senators (Warner and Allen) to support the "constitutional option." I heard Senator Warner was wavering. Senator Allen supports going "nuclear" and sent back a nice e-mail saying so.

I hope Virginia's senators will act in concert and not cancel out each other. If Warner doesn't support the Constitution, it's time for him to go.


48 posted on 05/18/2005 8:04:22 AM PDT by gregwest
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Did you see the segemnt where they had that Hybrid car driving from point A to point B while they were being followed by some Evil SUVs?

I guess its for some comparison they're doing?

Anyway, it was hilarious. As they were talking to the driver by phone, live on the TV, he was saying how much gas he's saving, blah,blah,blah. The funny part was they showed him driving down the freeway and school buses were passing him! He couldn't keep up!


49 posted on 05/18/2005 9:26:19 AM PDT by subterfuge (Hillary's Operative Cooked the Books! **just keep saying that wherever you go**)
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...he was saying how much gas he's saving, blah,blah,blah

Wait 'til he finds out what a new battery runs....

50 posted on 05/18/2005 9:28:23 AM PDT by mewzilla
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

".. citing the Bork case, in which of course perhaps the most qualified Supreme Court nominee in decades was turned down."
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And I am STILL peeved about that! That's where the engine went off the tracks.


51 posted on 05/18/2005 9:29:02 AM PDT by SolomoninSouthDakota (Daschle is gone.)
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To: subterfuge

LOL. Missed that. I typically watch the first half-hour only, then file my report. I might be masochistic enough to watch some of the show, but not self-destructive enough to watch it all ;-)


52 posted on 05/18/2005 9:36:32 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest (Watching the Today Show since 2002 so you don't have to.)
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53 posted on 05/18/2005 9:49:52 AM PDT by Caleb1411
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To: gregwest

please post e-mail addresses!!

Thank you!!


54 posted on 05/18/2005 11:19:58 AM PDT by jackv
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