[fifthvirginia]

PS.. There is a way to defeat this nonsense. When the Senate goes into recess for the "Christmas break", the President should appoint Alito [recess appointment]. That would have the Commie-libs fit to be tied.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

"When the Senate goes into recess for the "Christmas break", the President should appoint Alito [recess appointment]."

Judge Roy Moore. Make them eager to approve Alito for life. =]

[goresalooza]

You beat me to it! Right on...recess appointment and then they can do the full hearings next fall, right smack dab in the shadow of the 2006 election. The rats continue to amaze me with their blatant stupidity.

Timing is everything.

[Cboldt]

When the Senate goes into recess for the "Christmas break", the President should appoint Alito [recess appointment].

Heheheh. It's not his style though. President Bush gives the Senate a chance to hanlde the nomination before he recess appoints.

But a little known fact is that ALL pending nominations are returned to the President upon a recess of more than 30 days.

RULE XXXI
EXECUTIVE SESSION - PROCEEDINGS ON NOMINATIONS

... Nominations neither confirmed nor rejected during the session at which they are made shall not be acted upon at any succeeding session without being again made to the Senate by the President; and if the Senate shall adjourn or take a recess for more than thirty days, all nominations pending and not finally acted upon at the time of taking such adjournment or recess shall be returned by the Secretary to the President, and shall not again be considered unless they shall again be made to the Senate by the President.

http://rules.senate.gov/senaterules/rule31.htm

There are a number of pending nominations for Circuir Courts of Appeal, including Myers (9th Circuit) who has been out of Committee since March 17, and Boyle who was voted out of Committee on June 16. In addition to those two, the following four have languished in Committee (date of first GWB nomination to the position): Haynes (Sept 29, 2003), Nielson (Nov 8, 2001), Saad (Nov 8, 2001) and Kavanaugh (July 25, 2003).

Saad and Myers were the subjects of cloture abuse in the 108th Congress. Here's a piece of trivia, Boyle was nominated to 4th Cir. in 1991 too, by GHWB.

[sharkhawk]

You do know that a recess appointment only serves till the end of the congressional session?

[Cheburashka]

Recess appointments are temporary, and traditionally once one has accepted a recess appointment, the Senate will not confirm you and make the appointment permanent. So this only puts off the fight, which is what the Demon Rats want.

Fight now. Why risk losing Alito's presence on the bench for twenty years?