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LIVE SENATE THREAD: "Nuclear Wednesday" for judicial nominations: C-span 2 - 9:30 am EST
C-span 2 ^ | May 18, 2005

Posted on 05/18/2005 5:48:45 AM PDT by ken5050

Welcome, all you Freepers, to the continuing C-span soap operas about judicial nominations. "The Guiding SEARCHLIGHT, " "As the SENATE Turns, "One NOMINATION to Live" "GERIATRIC Hospital" (for all you Byrd and Lautenberg fans out there). Follow along with us, as the Dems raise the level of histrionics, bloviation, pontification, and all around bad acting to new highs, er, lows...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 109th; allen2008; claudenovak; constitutionaloption; cspan; democratnukereaction; filibuster; georgeallen; may18th2005; reidsnuclearreaction; showdown; ussenate
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To: rumrunner

Where did you hear that?


2,221 posted on 05/18/2005 2:43:26 PM PDT by Howlin (North Carolina, where beer kegs are registered and illegal aliens run free.)
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To: rumrunner

can you just imagine if that plays out? if all judges go to the full senate, and then we find a bunch of our own guys voting some of them down (in effect, switching their votes, because they normally would have voted for that particular judge) as part of a deal like this to save the rules?


2,222 posted on 05/18/2005 2:43:26 PM PDT by oceanview
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To: AFPhys
I hope you, and many others, had this discussion again with some staffers today. If not today, we must all do it tomorrow.

I'm at the office but when I get home I intend to devote my night to contacting as many Senators as I can. They need to hear our voices.

2,223 posted on 05/18/2005 2:43:39 PM PDT by Dolphy
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To: SolomoninSouthDakota

Where have the Dems gone?


2,224 posted on 05/18/2005 2:43:58 PM PDT by badgerbengal (close the border and open fire.)
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To: Howlin

Who else is in that meeting? I think we need to find out all of their names. As God is my witness, if they derail this with some sort of phony compromise, I will donate to any opponent primary or general. I am serious. They KNOW this is important to President Bush and the grass roots, and they are deliberately going against us! Boy, am I steamed!


2,225 posted on 05/18/2005 2:44:00 PM PDT by Miss Marple
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To: oceanview

Exactly. THEY need to be compromising with US!


2,226 posted on 05/18/2005 2:44:09 PM PDT by Howlin (North Carolina, where beer kegs are registered and illegal aliens run free.)
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To: SolomoninSouthDakota

Lott and Inhoffe just shot the tires out of the dems obstruction wagon.

They both did a very good job.


2,227 posted on 05/18/2005 2:44:42 PM PDT by Bullish
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To: Deo et Patria

Good Lord! I missed the dems on the steps show but just now got a gander of that hot pink....thing. Looks like that "Where's the beef?" woman. In this case, looks like this one ate it all. What's Pelosi doing w/SENATORS?


2,228 posted on 05/18/2005 2:44:53 PM PDT by Carolinamom (Dem & RINO senators have "eaten on the insane root that takes the reason prisoner."---.Macbeth)
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To: maggiefluffs

LOL, he is much better looking than his demmy counter part!


2,229 posted on 05/18/2005 2:44:59 PM PDT by defconw
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To: Bullish

Whoops I meant to say Orin Hatch, my bad


2,230 posted on 05/18/2005 2:45:23 PM PDT by Bullish
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To: Carolinamom

She's there to show "unity" in calling Pubs "extreme" blah blah blah


2,231 posted on 05/18/2005 2:45:38 PM PDT by Fledermaus (Rats theme song: "Whatever it is...I'm AGAINST it!!!")
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To: rumrunner
STRONG rumours that the "centrists" will knock out 30% of the nominees, in exchange for confirming the rest. Republicans caving. Specter involved, of course.

Anyone who caves will pay BIG TIME! I don't sit home during elections but I will damn sure not vote for anyone who caves on this!!!

2,232 posted on 05/18/2005 2:45:39 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: oceanview
moderate Dems ought to be talking to their leadership and telling them "drop this idea".

This has certainly been on my mind. Reid and Pelosi may think they are doing just fine, but the dem party is looking real, real bad here, telling out and out lies, and telling them again when they've been exposed over it does not make you look good.

2,233 posted on 05/18/2005 2:45:52 PM PDT by Bahbah (Something wicked this way comes)
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To: Cboldt

I guess what I am asking is, whether there will be an announced "compromise" involving letting only "x" amount of nominees be brought up in exchange for keeping the filibuster for the SCOTUS, but not the other nominees---

WE ALL KNOW this is about the SCOTUS, so I know any kind of compromise will involve the dems keeping their right to obstruct Bush's choices for SCOTUS...

You know, you have a really good grasp of what is going on, but I guess I don't, or can't communicate it well, so I doubt if I have expressed myself well enough, I apologize.


2,234 posted on 05/18/2005 2:46:12 PM PDT by Txsleuth ( Mark Levin for Supreme Court Justice)
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To: Bush gal in LA

According to the rumor mill, all that's left is the dems. deciding just how far they want the pubs to bend over. Prayerfully this is just a horrible rumor meant to dishearten and silence those of us who give a damn.


2,235 posted on 05/18/2005 2:46:16 PM PDT by small voice in the wilderness (Quick, act casual. If they sense scorn and ridicule, they'll flee..)
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To: Fledermaus
Whatever do you mean?


2,236 posted on 05/18/2005 2:46:17 PM PDT by Howlin (North Carolina, where beer kegs are registered and illegal aliens run free.)
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To: Miss Marple

I'm furious. I WILL Donate, work for Dem campaigns, I will do Anything to defeat any Republican that stabs the President, these justices, the Constitution and the base in the back.

RINOS WE KNOW OF THE ALLEDGED FLOATED COMPROMISE. DO IT AN GO DOWN IN FLAMES.


2,237 posted on 05/18/2005 2:46:32 PM PDT by Soul Seeker
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To: Bush gal in LA

Not yet...but the usual suspects are "working" on one...the rest are ready to vote.

Debates all day, typical Dem whining and lies.


2,238 posted on 05/18/2005 2:46:52 PM PDT by Fledermaus (Rats theme song: "Whatever it is...I'm AGAINST it!!!")
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To: defconw

Chicken Little Dayton up.


2,239 posted on 05/18/2005 2:46:56 PM PDT by maggief
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To: Miss Marple

Mark Dayton Alert!


2,240 posted on 05/18/2005 2:47:13 PM PDT by Howlin (North Carolina, where beer kegs are registered and illegal aliens run free.)
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