Posted on 01/27/2006 3:27:29 PM PST by SmithL
WASHINGTON -- Long-smoldering Democratic dissension flared openly Friday as liberals sought support for a last-minute filibuster of Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito against the advice of leaders worried about a backlash in the 2006 elections.
"I reject those notions that there ought to somehow be some political calculus about the future. ... The choice is now," said Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, the party's 2004 presidential candidate and a White House hopeful for 2008. He said it was imperative to fight for "those people who count on us to stand up and protect them."
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., announced she would support the filibuster, despite saying earlier this month that she did not see anything that would justify one.
"Based on a very long and thoughtful analysis of the record and transcript ... I've decided that I will vote no on cloture," Feinstein, the only female member of the Judiciary Committee, said in a statement. Cloture would end debate and bring the nomination to a vote.
Two of the party's Senate leaders, Harry Reid of Nevada and Charles Schumer of New York, privately made clear their unhappiness with the strategy, even though they, too, oppose Alito's confirmation. And Rep. Harold Ford, seeking a Senate seat in Republican-leaning Tennessee, dismissed the filibuster approach openly.
"It does not appear that there is any reason to hold up a vote. I hope my colleagues in the Senate will move quickly to bring this process to a dignified end," he said.
Despite a decision by Kerry, Massachusetts Sen. Edward M. Kennedy and others to try to block a final vote, leaders of both parties agreed that Alito's confirmation was assured for next Tuesday. The 55-year-old appeals court judge would replace Sandra Day O'Connor, who has cast deciding votes in recent years in 5-4 rulings...
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Pete Yost's rewrite will be better at shaping the story for the DNC.
Is there a conservative Hispanic female on anyone's USSC short list?
LOL, I think that would be great! It might benefit us if he appoints here as soon as congress comes back in September. That way they'll be in full scream during the elections.
Guess who just joined John Kerry at the KOS looney bin? None other than Ted "Splash" Kennedy.
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/1/27/181051/879
Now thats a nice covey of moonbats..
Or Stevens. At least one of them may well retire and/or die in the next couple of months. The liberal heads are going to literally explode.
"And Rep. Harold Ford, seeking a Senate seat in Republican-leaning Tennessee, dismissed the filibuster approach openly"
What the hell does Jr's opinion have to do with a Senate debate? What is Harold Jr's opinion on his aunts removal from the Tennessee Senate on vote fraud?
Wow .. the Gang of 13
Gee .. what a lucky number
And then? All Your Base Are Belong to Us.
Walk the party line...they are ALL guilty of it. Blue State CT is safe haven especially with Dodd on his side
"Into the valley of Death rode the 500...."
Oopsy, I think you goofed.
Actually, there were 637 men involved of which 247 died.
Congratulation on the terific job you have done with the Alito/Kopechne connections.
He's dirt to us -- but appears to be a hero with the moonbats... I bet the moonbats will be singing a different tune if RBG retires and they cannot filibuster.
I can't take reading that stuff.... I particularly liked the response to him from the guy who just knows his phone and computer were tapped.
Committed to Filibuster:
Barbara Boxer (D- CA), Dianne Feinstein (D- CA), Christopher J. Dodd (D- CT), Richard J. Durbin (D- IL), Debbie A. Stabenow (D- MI), Robert Menendez (D- NJ), Harry Reid (D- NV), Hillary Rodham Clinton (D- NY), Charles Schumer (D- NY), Ron Wyden (D- OR), Russell D. Feingold (D- WI"
SO, Hillary is going to out Kerry Kerry? There goes her moderate stance. Thank you Karl Rove.
I'm getting a kick out of this. Was it not three months ago they were slamming G.W.B. for being a putppet of the"right wing extremists" that torpedoed Harriet Miers, and yet, here they are jumping for the Left wing extremists. LOL
The difference is that those of us objecting to Miers mostly didn't so on a) ideological grounds and b) are in touch with the majority of Americans. Kos and buddies are not.
they do tend to be quite paranoid. i've read about 4 threads over the last few days about DUmmies believing that they have been "visited" by the Feds or spied on. It's a scream what these morons believe.
If they are doing outlandish things to draw attention to themselves then maybe they are being tracked. When I read some of the things these people believe the government has reason to be concerned by some of them.
You being a student of history are aware, I am sure, that the Light Brigade was part of the massive assistance rendered by the British Empire (officially Christian) to the Ottoman Empire (state religion Islam, which had massacred and persecuted Christians for centuries) against the Christian empire of Russia. That'w why the Charge of the Light Brigade is doubly tragic, in that they died valiantly defending evil.
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