Filibuster Of Judge Alito Seems Unlikely, Says Sen. Joe Biden

Associated Press ^ | November 6, 2005 | Hope Yen

[Clintonfatigued]

A Democratic member of the Senate Judiciary Committee said Sunday he believes Samuel Alito will get an up-or-down vote on his Supreme Court bid.

"We should commit," said Sen. Joseph Biden (news, bio, voting record), D-Del., minimizing prospects of a Senate filibuster that would prevent final action on President Bush's choice to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.

"I think the probability is that will happen," Biden said on ABC's "This Week."

[Clintonfatigued]

The news regarding Samuel Alito is generally good. Let's keep our fingers crossed and hope for more voluntary vacancies.

[KevinDavis]

The Rats flinched...

[inquest]

But I've been gearing up for a fight. Can't the Dems at least throw Teddy into the ring?

[BlessedBeGod]

I wonder if they've got something up their sleeves...

[Prost1]

"I wonder if they've got something up their sleeves..."

Lie, deceive, cheat, slander, ridicule, berate, pout...

[rcocean]

You can thank McCrazy for all this talk of filibuster.

He and his gang of 14 are still playing the drama queens.

Will they or won't they?

[hsalaw]

"But I've been gearing up for a fight. Can't the Dems at least throw Teddy into the ring?"

I don't think you'll be disappointed. That fat fool can't help himself; he'll be just as stupid as anyone could want, and Alito, like Roberts, will be picking his teeth with the fat fool's bones when it's all over.

[jwh_Denver]

A spark of sanity? Hell no, just a bunch of lies. Democrats are like Muslims; "Why tell the truth when you can lie?"

[tazannie]

But I've been gearing up for a fight.

the dems know they will lose the fight, and since it looks like they will lose a filibuster fight too, it's just not worth it to them.

too bad for us. the fight would have done this country a world of good. maybe we'll get another chance?

[Rosemont]

Now if John Paul Stevens, who is 85, would retire.

[Soul Seeker]

I would love a fight, but I think the folks in D.C. have finally figured out a fight on the Judiciary lopsided benefits Conservatives, by default Republicans.

What Biden is really saying is that the red state Dems & RINO's don't want to face our wrath in an election year, and have given a red light at talk of a filibuster. This is Biden acknowledging he doesn't have any way to stop it.

Still, never trust a RINO or a DEM. Until confirmed, keep an eye on them.

[Clintonfatigued]

I don't see him doing that while Bush is in office, barring a medical emergency. But an Anthony Kennedy retirement is a possibility.

[NeoCaveman]

There is a rumor over at Confirmthem.com that Souter wants out as soon as he can get his retirement which is sometime in 2006 or 2007. I don't think I believe it but I thought I'd put it out there as another happy thought.

[inquest]

It is too bad. It's too bad we didn't really give them something to fight about, like Janice Rogers Brown. Talk about giving them the hives. They wouldn't have known what to do, because on the one hand they would have lost the fight, but on the other, if they failed to put up a fight they would have been forced to concede their whole judicial ideology.

Like you say, maybe next time.

[Sacajaweau]

They really don't want to set the precedence. They'd get it shoved down their throats if they regained the Whitehouse. It was used as a delay tactice but that time has ended and the people are getting Pi**ed. Besides, they don't want this to take away from their "Get Rod of Rove" plan.

[zbigreddogz]

That's nice, but its meaningless. They don't have the votes to stop the nuke option and they know it.

[indianrightwinger]

"The people that were so enthusiastic about knocking down Miers are so enthusiastic about this nominee. We have to find out why are they so enthusiastic this time and what do they know that we don't know," Kennedy said on NBC's "Meet the Press."

It is called the qualifications, you fool! Stop drinking so much.

[kennedy]

This must mean that Biden has learned how to count to 50.

[kennedy]

Now if John Paul Stevens, who is 85, would retire.

I strongly suspect that the only way Bush will get another Supreme Court pick is if one of the remaining Justices retire in the same manner as Rehnquist. There is no chance that Stevens or Ginsburg (the two oldest and furthest to the left) will leave feet first during a Republican administration.