Fox: 730pm Press Conference to Announce Filibuster Compromise

[jern]

Announce Filibuster Compromise

[Cautor]

McLame was a bully in HS who only got into the Naval Academy because of his daddy and grandaddy who were admirals. He would have flunked out of the academy (he was near the bottom in grades) except for same. He was a loser in pilot training and would have been let go except for...you know, dad and gramps and all that. He managed to get shot down soon after deploying. When he got home from the Hanoi Hilton, he dumped his wife of many years who had patiently waited for his release so he could marry the rich daughter of an Arizona beer baron with shady associations. With his rich wife's new money, he managed to get elected to Congress. Then there was the Keating boys...McLame was doing the dirty business, but the good Senator and his pals managed to get that swept under the rung by their good legal counsel (I'll leave it as an exercise for the reader to figure out the name of the legal mouthpiece who swept the savings and loan scandal out of sight). Then McLame began his egotistical march to the White House. With the help of the bigot, Warren Rudman, he tried to trash GWB. Finally, the truth caught up with McLame and he was toast as a presidential candiate. His big ego has never forgiven Bush, and he continues to bully his way around the Senate...the darling of the left-wing press.

[Victoria Delsoul]

This is a fricking joke. The Republicans won't oppose any attempt to change the filibuster rules, but the Rats will continue to do so, “under extraordinary circumstances" of course. Grrrr!

[hocndoc]

The rule change only requires a simple majority, I think.

[Keith in Iowa]

>>> I'm getting damned sick and tired of you people who are blaming Frist when the real culprits are McCain, Graham, Warner, Snowe, Collins, DeWine and Chafee.

It's a lack of leadership for MONTHS that has us where we are tonight. Just as you are sick of people blaming Frist, I'm just as sick of people making excuses for his lack of leadership that got us here to start with.

[Cautor]

Good move. Tell the RNC we've had it up to here with RINOs and other spineless wimps. I hope Frist gets back to surgery, since he's a failure as a Senator. Frist couldn't lead a troop of girl scouts to the cookie truck.

[Rebelbase]

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[Cboldt]

One thing to keep in mind - the fundamental battle here is between the president and the Senate. I think GWB will keep the pressure on. The Senate can't make nominations disappear. It has to either vote on them, or return them to the president.

The president can put some political pressure on the Senate. Myers and Bolton are on the Senate's Executive Calendar today.

[Bluegrass Federalist]

tHE ONE WE NEED TO BE DISAPPOINTED IN, SHORT TERM, IS mITCH mCcONNELL.He has the spine and balls to get it done, if he hasn't been bought off with this cheap ploy of a compromise. He, not Frist, has the power to get it done. Mitch, its important en0ugh to risk much. You will be deludged with new money if you make this happen.Abandoned if you abandon it. Makeit work,and 2008 or beyond look good for you with a conservative army at your back.Or suffer the fate of those who took the loss.

[Galactic Overlord-In-Chief]

DeWine and Graham, absolutely. Warner, I suspect is planning to leave, mostly due to old age, so he'll do whatever he pleases, unfortunately.

[Victoria Delsoul]

I need to drink something, LOL... something strong. I hate McCain and all those chickenshits.

[jackbill]

Yes, but the infamous seven Republicans also agreed to oppose the constitutional option for the next two years. Period. No equivication, no conditions.

[hocndoc]

The part that you quote is a distraction.

This is the poison dart:

""We believe that, under Article II, Section 2, of the United States Constitution, the word “Advice” speaks to consultation between the Senate and the President with regard to the use of the President’s power to make nominations. We encourage the Executive branch of government to consult with members of the Senate, both Democratic and Republican, prior to submitting a judicial nomination to the Senate for consideration.""

[BigSkyFreeper]

LOL!!! Hardly!! Even if high speed connections were subsidized, I'd still be getting ripped off!

[rcocean]

I did a lot of those things. Did you see Graham on MSNBC, he smirked and stated that he had received a lot of phone calls, etc. & he knew people would be upset BUT he had to protect the senate, blah, blah, blah.

Look, the Republican Caucus & Bush are to blame. Why was Reid able to keep ever single Democrat against the Nuclear Option? Why can he keep discipline and the Repubs can't?

Are you saying the white house and majority leader can't bribe or threaten, if they want, Senators?

[Bluegrass Federalist]

Please explain and make me feelbetter.

[nopardons]

Frist has been an utter and complete disaster, since he took the Majority Leader post and yes, he IS partly responsible for
this mess.

[Just A Nobody]

#576: Just called weiner's office = mail box is full.

[nwrep]

They had the numbers, they just lacked the guts.

Please show proof they had numbers. Right here you have 7 who would have voted NO on the nuke option, and you say we had numbers?

[warsaw44]

party discipline...this party is about as disciplined as Homer Simpson.

[Mr. Jazzy]

You are SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoo right!

this was posted on a "lefties" sight, responding to Demos who thought that this was a bad deal for THEM:

"You people are so crazy, you don't even know when you have won. The Republicans were going to get ALL these candidates through, and their Supreme Court nominations. Not only do they lose some of these appellate court nominees, but the Democrats don't have to go on record voting against Janice Rogers Brown and Priscilla Owen--which very few of them wanted to do, in spite of what the rabid left thinks and desires. What did the Democrats give up? They were going to lose on these three nominees anyway. The Republicans bent over, grabbed their ankles, and took it up the behind."

EVEN this demo KNEW that the Republicans, IF they had stayed unified, would have gotten ALL of the presidents picks through!

They won, we lost, I'm pissed, where's Frist?