An "up or down vote" refers only to the procedure in the Sentate, NOT public debate, which is protected by the First Amendment. The problem in the Senate is that a group of minority Senators use a procedural tactic to prevent the majority from voting. This has nothing to do with our right to voice our opinions! I can't believe how many people on FR are making this mistake.
I was using the "up or down vote" in a generic sense. I know the Senate votes, for God's sake...didn't fall off the turnip truck this morning.
Once again. From the beginning 99.9% of what I heard was whinning. She is not Brown. She is not Luttig, blah, blah, blah.
I did hear some reasonable objections based on fact and circumstance.
But for the most part, I heard the whinning of a 2 year old child who did not get what his way.
It is not that they objected. It is how they objected. IMHO, it was no better than the way the dems piss and moan when things don't go their way.