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Schumer Angles for Senate Democratic Leadership
NewsMax.com ^ | Jan. 16, 2006 | NewsMax.com

Posted on 01/16/2006 10:59:30 AM PST by kddid

Ted Kennedy told fellow Democrat Charles Schumer to "take the lead” in the grilling of Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

And the congressman from New York could parlay his prominent position on the committee into what Washington insiders say is his ultimate goal: The Senate Democratic leadership position.

On the Thursday before the confirmation hearings began, Schumer gave a speech outlining the Democrats’ plan for questioning Alito. A few hours earlier, Kennedy had done the same.

But Kennedy’s briefing "had not gone well,” a report in New York Magazine reveals. "Kennedy, looking tired and haggard, said in error that the Democrats had abandoned any thought of filibustering Alito.”

Schumer’s speech, on the other hand, was "sharp and focused,” the magazine reports, reinforcing "a sense, already growing, of a generational shift of leadership taking place on the committee.” When Schumer was asked if he thought he was inheriting Kennedy’s mantle, he said: "No, I’m not. I’m not as liberal as he is.” But he added: "He has basically said to me, ‘You take the lead.’”

During the hearings, Schumer was the shining light among Democratic interrogators, while his party mates on the committee revealed themselves as "befuddled, toothless gasbags,” according to New York Magazine.

But the magazine article wasn’t totally complimentary of Schumer, head of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.

It quoted one former Senate staffer as saying: "He has the smarts, he has the staff, he has the legal background. But he’s more worried about how he looks than if he’s going to win, and he’s more concerned about how he sounds than if he makes his point.”


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 109th; alito; alitohearings; schumer; senatedems; senaterats; shamefulschumer; tedkennedy
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To: TommyDale

the problem is nyc votes for this buffoon with a 73% margin


21 posted on 01/16/2006 12:06:26 PM PST by italianquaker (Democrats and media can't win elections at least they can win their phony polls.)
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To: kddid
During the hearings, Schumer was the shining light among Democratic interrogators, while his party mates on the committee revealed themselves as "befuddled, toothless gasbags,” according to New York Magazine.

I agree, Schumer was the far superior gasbag.

22 posted on 01/16/2006 12:07:32 PM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: savedbygrace
Schumer Angles for Senate Democratic Leadership - by acting and being obtuse.

That's acute joke, right?

23 posted on 01/16/2006 12:07:49 PM PST by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: Izzy Dunne
To a certain degree.
24 posted on 01/16/2006 12:10:48 PM PST by savedbygrace (SECURE THE BORDERS FIRST (I'M YELLING ON PURPOSE))
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To: Juan Medén
I keep thinking of Japanese stuffed dumplings...

No, wait....that's "shumai". Sorry for the inconvenience.

25 posted on 01/16/2006 12:15:06 PM PST by Cyber Liberty (© 2006, Ravin' Lunatic since 4/98)
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To: savedbygrace
I'm blinded by your radians.
26 posted on 01/16/2006 12:16:08 PM PST by Cyber Liberty (© 2006, Ravin' Lunatic since 4/98)
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To: kddid

LMAO!!! Schumer came off as a boy among men in those hearings.
He just looked way out of his depth.
I suppose that certainly qualifies the little weasel as a Democrat "leader".


27 posted on 01/16/2006 12:19:32 PM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: kddid

Schumer - another Dem pant load choosing to rule in hell rather than serve in heaven. Too bad Teddy didn't tell Chuckie to "take the wheel".


28 posted on 01/16/2006 12:21:39 PM PST by Natural Law
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To: Cyber Liberty

LOL.


29 posted on 01/16/2006 12:23:26 PM PST by Juan Medén
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To: Juan Medén
"Oddly, the only word that comes to mind when I hear Schumer's name is -- icky. Must be some repressed childhood memory.

That's odd!

The first thing that pops up in my mind is the word SLIMEBALL!

30 posted on 01/16/2006 12:24:53 PM PST by albee ("Those that bite the hand that feeds them will lick the boot that kicks them!" - Eric Hoffer)
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To: Cyber Liberty
Arc you being complementary?

(Ha, a twofer.)

31 posted on 01/16/2006 12:25:04 PM PST by savedbygrace (SECURE THE BORDERS FIRST (I'M YELLING ON PURPOSE))
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To: italianquaker

That's why I said he was the obvious choice -- he cannot lose votes in New York.


32 posted on 01/16/2006 12:25:27 PM PST by TommyDale
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To: Grut
Whadda, you crazy or sumpin'? Schumer running the Senate Democrats is a Republican wet dream! Freepers' only question should be "how can we help?"

Exactly. My New York neighbors may be liberal enough to elect C. Montgomery Schumer, but the rest of the country won't be able to stand him. And there's that whole Steele credit report thing in Maryland. He'd annoy 3/4 of the country - and has baggage to boot.
33 posted on 01/16/2006 12:26:11 PM PST by conservative in nyc
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To: savedbygrace
You're taking this thread off on a tangent.

-PJ

34 posted on 01/16/2006 12:29:48 PM PST by Political Junkie Too (It's still not safe to vote Democrat.)
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To: Alberta's Child
It quoted one former Senate staffer as saying: "He has the smarts, he has the staff, he has the legal background. But he’s more worried about how he looks than if he’s going to win, and he’s more concerned about how he sounds than if he makes his point.”

In the words or Arthur Godfrey:

Heap big smoke but no fire,
him talk a lot but him not so hot.

35 posted on 01/16/2006 12:29:49 PM PST by Victoria Delsoul
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To: Juan Medén

A coworker told me Schumer looks like he needs a good scrubbing.


36 posted on 01/16/2006 12:30:16 PM PST by abclily
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To: kddid

"Schumer Angles for Senate Democratic Leadership"

Please Lord...let it be so.

Chuckie Schumer...the Nancy Pelosi of the Senate.


37 posted on 01/16/2006 12:31:56 PM PST by Busywhiskers ("...moral principle, the sine qua non of an orderly society." --Judge Edith H. Jones)
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To: K-oneTexas

"I didn't realize his leadership was so tenuous. I figure he was a compromise candidate any way between the left and the right with in the Democrat Party."

Excuse me! There is no compromise between the left and the left leaning. There is no right in the party!

List the names in the dem Senate and check their voting record. That says it all!

Sorry, but this allusion to sane thinkers just got stuck in my throat.


38 posted on 01/16/2006 12:36:55 PM PST by Prost1 (Sandy Berger can steal, Clinton can cheat, but Bush can't listen!)
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To: Political Junkie Too
I see your point. I'm also nearly out of terms. ;-(
39 posted on 01/16/2006 12:43:39 PM PST by savedbygrace (SECURE THE BORDERS FIRST (I'M YELLING ON PURPOSE))
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To: Prost1
What perfect face for the Dems. Schumer's oily, smarmy, ambulance chasing, shit-eating grin, peering over his reading glasses, tilting his head forward just enough to show off his discount hair plugs. That should count for at least 5 house seats in fly over country.
40 posted on 01/16/2006 12:45:30 PM PST by Natural Law
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