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Drudge/Reuters: Reid admits Democrats can't block Alito
Reuters ^

Posted on 01/27/2006 8:42:21 AM PST by Pimpmygop

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid admitted on Friday he and fellow Democrats lack the votes to block President George W. Bush's nomination of conservative appeals judge Samuel Alito to the U.S. Supreme Court.

(Excerpt) Read more at drudgereport.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 109th; alito; alitoakbar; alitovote
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I think someone set up Kerry :) Hmm...... Clinton comes to mind..
1 posted on 01/27/2006 8:42:22 AM PST by Pimpmygop
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To: Pimpmygop

In other news, sky still blue...water still wet.


2 posted on 01/27/2006 8:42:48 AM PST by Personal Responsibility (Amnesia is a train of thought.)
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I think someone set up Kerry :) Hmm...... Clinton comes to mind..

No, clintoon is siding wit the windsurfer. They are simply playing to their base. To the other 90% of Americans they simply look foolish.

3 posted on 01/27/2006 8:45:12 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: Pimpmygop

Note to Harry: DUH.


4 posted on 01/27/2006 8:45:48 AM PST by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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To: Pimpmygop

Al JaReuters said this?


5 posted on 01/27/2006 8:47:05 AM PST by pabianice
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To: Pimpmygop

I'd love to see John 'DYKIWTV&C' Kerry do his immatation of Jimmy Stewart in "Mr. Smith goes to Washington". Imaging having to have all the networks cover live four or five days of Kerry rambling away. Tim Russert and Greorge Sunffuluffogous would melt trying to cover the situation.


6 posted on 01/27/2006 8:47:26 AM PST by pikachu (I must be be built upside down -- my nose runs and my feet smell!)
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Wonder if they will try to make sure the vote doesn't come until after the SOTU.....just for spite.

They are so pathetic.

7 posted on 01/27/2006 8:47:52 AM PST by OldFriend (The Dems enABLEd DANGER and 3,000 Americans died.)
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Mr. Mew agrees with you:)

But to paraphrase, What benefits a man if he gains all the blue bits but loses the red?

8 posted on 01/27/2006 8:48:36 AM PST by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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They cant... Frist already set it in motion. Cloture vote Monday, then a vote on tuesday at 12:00pm - well before the State of the Union.
9 posted on 01/27/2006 8:49:24 AM PST by Pimpmygop (The right way is not always the nice way!)
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Apparently, John Kerry still doesn't get the message. He's just postponed his visit to Northern Ireland, and is rushing back to Washington to lead the (non-existent) filibuster.

http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=170761632&p=y7x76z338


10 posted on 01/27/2006 8:50:43 AM PST by Deo volente
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If you read it closely, Mrs."BJ" Clinton did NOT side with Kerry.......what she said is the dems "MAY" filibuster, as the only means to stop the evil Bush........she went on to say, however, that she was not sure if SHE supported filibuster. IOW, Mrs. "BJ" Clinton, as usual, was talking out of both sides of her nasty piehole.


11 posted on 01/27/2006 8:50:58 AM PST by MamaLucci (Mutually assured destruction STILL keeps the Clinton administration criminals out of jail.)
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To: Personal Responsibility
Were Harry's lips moving???
12 posted on 01/27/2006 8:51:18 AM PST by pointsal
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I don't think it is Kerry that has been set-up here. Kerry will benefit from his call to filibuster Alito even though the attempt will fail. This is his attempt to capture the hardcore freaks in the democrat party that loom so large in capturing the democrat nomination.

This really just shows the selfishness of Kerry. The democrat party will suffer as a result of this ill-fated attempt. But Kerry is willing to hurt his party if it improves his chances of capturing the '08 nomination. Hillary Clinton is the one that is in bad shape as a result of this attempt. She now has no choice but to support the filibuster or she loses the wackos she needs for the nomination. But supporting an Alito filibuster puts a serious hitch in her triangulation tactics of trying to sound "moderate".

13 posted on 01/27/2006 8:52:03 AM PST by shempy (EABOF)
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That would be funny.

Simply seeing Kerry attempt to read something he hasn't been coached through would be entertaining, say, "Atlas Shrugged."

14 posted on 01/27/2006 8:55:31 AM PST by LS
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If he's "admitting" it this early, it's entirely possible that he thinks they've still got a chance to filibuster. It's certainly close. Since First called Dingy Harry's bluff, we shall see come Monday afternoon.
15 posted on 01/27/2006 8:57:56 AM PST by El Gato (The Second Amendment is the Reset Button of the U.S. Constitution)
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To: Deo volente

Kerry's rushing home for this? Oh good grief, that's precious. Dudley Flipright of the Royal French Cavilry to the rescue.
Alito is so in.


16 posted on 01/27/2006 8:59:23 AM PST by Graymatter
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This guy has the political instincts of Jimmy Carter.


17 posted on 01/27/2006 9:00:51 AM PST by Mad_Tom_Rackham (A Liberal: One who demands half of your pie because he didn't bake one.)
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To: Pimpmygop
They cant...

Yes, they can.
According to the time table I've seen a vote on cloture will occur at 4:30 p.m., on Monday, January 30, 2006. After a sucessful cloture vote they can still have 30 hours of debate.

18 posted on 01/27/2006 9:04:37 AM PST by michigander (The Constitution only guarantees the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.)
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To: shempy

I'm in agreement with what you say, for the most part; but if the hardcore freaks in their party really loom large in capturing the nomination, why didn't Dean win in '04? The far left loons were very unhappy with Kerry and wanted Dean, Clark or Kucinich. None of whom got very far in the primaries. Kerry won nearly all the primaries.


19 posted on 01/27/2006 9:07:39 AM PST by Graymatter
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Justice Alito. It just rolls off the tongue. It's a great day.


20 posted on 01/27/2006 9:08:40 AM PST by cotton1706
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