Uh, yeah, because the President has done it before and is doing it now. Better get something straight. IF the Patriot Act is even extended for 6 months, it's not because Congress decided to act responsibly, to stay in town to do this. It's because we AND the President refused to let them jet ski off to a private resort, get drunk and leave us vulnerable.
The President has been standing up to them for weeks now on the WOT. He's standing up about wire taps.
Your statements are patently absurdd. As for Alito, he'll be confirmed. better make plans to eat those words.
I hope I'm wrong but you see what goes on in the Senate, how many times has the President promised to veto things and RATS challenged him and he caved.
CFR, Farm Bill, No Child Left Behind, Illegal Immigration, Terrorist Bill of Rights, Patriot Act that should not be reauthorized at all in my opinion, but the President said no short term extension and then agrees.
Each time he shows weakness it emboldens the RATS