Posted on 07/01/2005 7:40:16 AM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
Yes, and the majority could be lost by hugely depressed turnout at the polls in future elections.
judge appts. are one of the areas he does things for his conservative constituents. There are a couple of others (tax cuts come to mind, unilateral foreign policy), then a whole slew where he is a fortune 100 republican.
"I'm on the side that voted twice for who I thought was a conservative president, and then watched in horror as he sold out education reform to Ted kennedy, sold out transportation reform to Norman Mineta, sold out immigration reform to the Hispanic vote and sold out Title IX reform to Julie Foudy and her gang of witches."
I thought it was pretty obvious even in late 99 and 2000 that bush was a big-government republican. The major draw he had was that he was electable and he was NOT al gore, which counts for a lot.
As far as being conservative, not by the common definition he isn't.
is there any precedent for someone approved for appelate court being nominated for scotus a few weeks later? I have never heard of it, and cannot imagine he would have put them on the appelate fight list if he wanted to save them for a scotus opening.
Turns out I was wrong. He was a Gov with no judicial experienc.
Listen little johnny boy, all anyone has ever said to you is wait and see. We believe it might blow up on us. Are you willing to consider that Judge Brown might end up on the SCOTUS because of the deal?
I think Janice Rodgers Brown would be the perfect choice. And the fun part is that it would drive the lefties absolutely stark, raving, gunny bag nuts.
When Rehnquist retires, I think Scalia will be nominated to take his place with either Priscilla Owens or Ted Olson for the remaining seat.
my bad, brown was approved 4 yrs ago, i am in slowbrain mode today....
No.
"Since the President is sincere in calling for 'The Ownership Society,' then he darn well better nominate a Supreme Court justice who will STAND UP FOR PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS and vote to OVERTURN KELO!"
We shall see, but do you see the value of the agreement now?
The agreement fractured the Republicans in the Senate, raising the possibility of the loss of the Majority Leader position and all the Senate Committtee chairmanships. The Democrats should have blinked, they should have had to.If in fact Bush can't get a good justice confirmed, after he has proven that he favors judges who can quote Hayek, it will trace back to the RINOs in the Senate, and McCain and the six dwarfs are the head of that snake. If that happens Lindsey Graham will deserve a primary challenge for the Republican nomination for Senator from South Carolina - and defeat for reelection if he manages to win renomination. It just won't matter to me if a Democrat takes the seat; at least Carolinians will probably get to vote on a decent candidate in '12.
Who do you think Hillary will replace O'Connor with?
At this point, I wouldn't be surprised to see our spineless, accommodationist RINO reps in the Senate "reach out" to their liberal brethren and the MSM by lining up solidly in support of Michael Moore for the Supreme Court.
If Bush can't decide, I volunteer. I'll be a strict constructionist and I'll stare decesis down without blinking.
So if you're reading this Rove, send me FreepMail.
You mean like if he nominated Souter to replace Rhenquist as Chief Justice ~ Bwwwaaaaahahahahahahahahahahahahah
The score is currently:
1. Judges confirmed: Brown, Griffin, Griffith, McKeague, Owens, Pryor
2. Judges still being blocked: Saad who may not have majority support, Boyle
3. UN Nomination still filibustered Bolton
As far as you hyperbole about fracturing the GOP of loss of majority, what planet do you live on?
When your party has a 55-45 nominal advantage, but seven members of your party form a bloc in cooperation with seven members of the opposition party, you are no longer the majority leader, even if you temporarily hold that title. What other planet should I live on?
What other planet should I live on?
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You might try living on this planet where:
1. if you have to have cooperation in the future with an advisary you don't rub their noses in it.
2. if you might want use the filibuster laters say to block a Dim gun control bill, you don't eliminate it for juducial nominees IF that is not required.
But heck you pretend this is football and you should score as much as you possibly can in one particular battle as you play a completely different team next week and I will live on this planet where GOP Judges have been confirmed and Warner/DeWine/Graham say the rule change is on the table should the Dim filibuster this upcoming SCOTUS nominee.
Without the McVain mutiny, the GOP judges would have been voted on and confirmed (or not, in the case of those which had some Republican opposition) - and the Democrats would have decided whether they wanted to force the Republicans to break the filibuster on a party-line vote.The Democrats don't actually know if they will ever get the majority back, at least in the tenure of the present incumbents. After all, the Republicans were in the wilderness for a very long time, and they could also have that experience. So if anyone knows that they need the filibuster, it's the Democrats - and what do the RINOs do but fold like a cheap camera!
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