LIVE SENATE THREAD: "Nuclear Wednesday" for judicial nominations: C-span 2 - 9:30 am EST

C-span 2 ^ | May 18, 2005

[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...

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

He is concerned about the time when the Pubies are in the minority again,.....no optimisism....

[Fudd Fan]

Exactly.

[CAluvdubya]

Whew! I thought is was just me that was having a hard time figuring out what Spectre was saying. I'm having to concentrate to hard for this early (Left Coast time)

[LisaFab]

Oooh!

[Howlin]

For those who refuse to leave this thread:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1405558/posts

CBS Cancels Its Wednesday Edition of '60 Minutes'




Yuk yuk yuk.

[ken5050]

Maybe the chemo affects his judgement..

[Pravious]

Yeah. It's almost impossible for me to follow what Specter is saying, because he drones on (and on... and on). From what I can gather, however, he's trying hard to justify his own position as a moderate, by extolling the virtues of moderation...standing for nothing, and offending as few people as possible.

These guys almost make me as sick as the RATS.

[Pukin Dog]

I'm calling it "traitornoma".

[Howlin]

Well, look at this: Specter is leading the charge for Owens!

[Sacajaweau]

Thanks Howlin...Coming from you, it means a lot.

Using Jefferson is usually a bad choice because you are more than likely to encounter a contrary statement on the same issue.

[zook]

THe argument about "what happens when the Reps are in the minority" is so bogus because everyone knows that Reps are either too principled or too spineless to filibuster a judicial appt.

[ken5050]

CBS just cancelled "60 Minutes II" Rather's out of a job....

[Carolinamom]

What will Dan Rather doooooooo w/his Special Reports now? LOL

[Pukin Dog]

No doubt to be replaced by the "Howard Dean Comedy Hour" - a reality show.

[ken5050]

The Daly show?

[Cboldt]

I notice a pattern, where cloture and filibuster are "equated," "tied together at the hip," or otherwise made to seem that the existence of one necessarily implies the existence of the other. That without cloture, there can be no filibuster. Hence the persistent mention of 60 votes, which comes from Rule XXII.

I think the lesson from the GOP will be to show how "filibuster" and "unanimous consent" are related. No Rule XXII. Debate, deliberate, then vote. No motion for cloture.

[Soul Seeker]

Spectre standing up for owens? That isn't possible. Apparently to some Spectre is a lost cause. Why would he defend this woman.

[LisaFab]

Maybe so, but to me it's unseemly for the Judiciary Chairman to be undecided at this late date, and then yell it out loud! What message does this send to the Dems? That there's still room for compromise? I thought Frist made it clear that time has run out on that.

[CAluvdubya]

What will Dan Rather doooooooo w/his Special Reports now? LOL

He He. I'm sure the same suggestion of where he can put his Special Reports came to everybody's mind! LOL

[AFPhys]

This has been pretty much choreographed by both sides up to now, and probably for a long time in the future. Spectre has apparently been dubbed as the 'Pubbie who will present the history of this problem for anyone who cares to know. I don't think he's presented much of note to anyone. Frist has his vote on this issue, though - Spectre doesn't think judges ought to be able to be blocked by minority vote.