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[John Robertson]

I have no idea what he's saying here. Is he telegraphing that his "mainstream" appointment will be "acceptable" to Americans? Or that, a la Ginsburg and Breyer, who were overwhelmingly confirmed, he will pick nominees from the other side of the spectrum, and he expects their quick confirmation?

Not feeling great about this....

[A.A. Cunningham]

It will be the office of the President to NOMINATE, and, with the advice and consent of the Senate, to APPOINT. There will, of course, be no exertion of CHOICE on the part of the Senate. They may defeat one choice of the Executive, and oblige him to make another; but they cannot themselves CHOOSE, they can only ratify or reject the choice of the President. They might even entertain a preference to some other person, at the very moment they were assenting to the one proposed, because there might be no positive ground of opposition to him; and they could not be sure, if they withheld their assent, that the subsequent nomination would fall upon their own favorite, or upon any other person in their estimation more meritorious than the one rejected. Thus it could hardly happen, that the majority of the Senate would feel any other complacency towards the object of an appointment than such as the appearances of merit might inspire, and the proofs of the want of it destroy."

Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 66

[The Mayor]

BTTT!

[steenkeenbadges]

"When I met with Senate leaders, we discussed our shared goal of making sure that the confirmation process is dignified."

Sounds like he only met with Repubs. What does a Democrat care about dignity?

[steenkeenbadges]

Central American and Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement

More wage decreases for the U.S. worker.

No one in the adminstration mentions the degrading of average worker pay. Jobs that used to pay $50K now pay $36 or less.

[panaxanax]

Please ping me when he announces that we will begin to guard our northern & southern borders as well as we are guarding the borders around Iraq.

Also, please ping with ANY word from his mouth about the recent SCOTUS decision in regards to the American people losing their rights to own private property. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe he swore to uphold the Constitution during his Oath of Office.

And one more, when he apoligizes to the Minutemen for labelling them as "vigilantes", instead of the true patriots that they are.

I know I am guilty of bashing our President on the above issues and wish that I didn't have to. These are just as important as the so-called WOT. We catch terrorists here in the USA (Lodi, CA), then merely deport them to Pakistan to continue their fight against our sons and daughters in Iraq.

Am I the only one that finds this just plain stupid? Am sure this post will get removed, but somebody has to say it.

[itsahoot]

My nominee will be a fair-minded individual who represents the mainstream of American law and American values.

What happened to strict constructionist?

[inquest]

Second, the House needs to follow the Senate's lead by approving the Central American and Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement.

How 'bout NO?