Sunday Morning Talk Show Thread 5 February 2006

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[old_sage_says]

I wonder if Timmy boy is up for a contract negotiation. He shows his stripes more and more, week after week after week.

[Seattle Conservative]

"(36 1/2 hours until Jack Bauer takes the ball and runs for a TD.)"

9 hours until Matt and Sean start making their way down the field to win the Super Bowl

[Revererdrv]

Dean must stick to his rehearsed talking points. If he is pressured to come up with an original thought, he goofs.
On the other hand, Mehlman can think quickly on his own two feet. There is a big difference with understanding the topic and repeating talking points for the topic.

[Seattle Conservative]

LOL! What a great idea! You should send that to Ken.

[snugs]

I believe the VP sometimes fishes in Colorado in fact I believe he was there last August when he got a sudden call to go the middle east because the ruler of Saudia Arabia had died..

[rodguy911]

"McCain's endorsement kill Shadegg's chances"

Hilarious when you think about it,ol McCain really is the kiss of death.
My guess is his polling numbers against Chillary will eventually fall as the msm begins to manipulte the polls even further than they are now.
Right now McCain is a useful old fool tool for the msm, but closer to the elections even his brothers at the msm/antique media will tire of his pompous nature and dump him like the old stale rubbish he is.

[cardinal4]

Good morning, Bahbah! Looks like Boehner and Hayden making the rounds. Im more than a little dissapointed one of our own didnt get the job. I thought Ry acquitted himself well during the "capitulation vote"..

[old_sage_says]

I wouldn't be surprised if Dean doesn't get a copy of the questions before he is interviewed and still flubs the answers.

I'm sure glad he wasn't/isn't my doctor.

[Carolinamom]

I want to see Scooter Libby's attorneys put Russert under oath in court. It's despicable that while he questioned everyone else on his show about the Plame business, he never once revealed that HE was involved. Same for his cutsey interview w/Carville re Carville's new sports co-host (Tim's college sophomore son.)

[MNJohnnie]

He 's busy forming his exploration committee for his presidency. That 's not a joke

And here I was thinking John McCain was the most unqualfied person running in 2008!

[Alas Babylon!]

Yes I did. Did you see my post # 6?

[Seattle Conservative]

More judicial nominees waiting to be approved. Hopefully, that will start on Tuesday.

This is an excellent summary of judicial nominations that cboldt has provided on a few threads. I'm thinking (hoping) that the judiciary committee will cover one/some of these openings.

Summary of Circuit Court Nominations
F = 7 subjected to failed cloture motions in 108th Congress
4 = "1 of 4" that DEMs offered to let GOP choose which 3 to dump
S = Positive mention in Specter's May 9, 2005 speech

M = MOU of 14 will not vote against cloture
m = MOU of 14 makes no promise regarding cloture
R = Post-MOU, Reid indicates desire to filibuster

C = Out of committee & on the Senate's Executive Calendar
U = Unanimous consent to debate - date TBD
D = Democrats offer to debate - date TBD
v = Debate and vote scheduled
V = Vote -on the nomination- concluded
x = Nomination returned to the President - President renominated
X = Nomination returned to the President - President capitulated


--S -- C-- Boyle, Terrence W. (4th Cir)
--- -R --- Haynes, William James II (4th Cir)
F4S M- CUV Owen, Priscilla (5th Cir)
F-S -- CUV Griffin, Richard A. (6th Cir)
F-S -- CUV McKeague, David W. (6th Cir)
--S -- -DV Neilson, Susan Bieke (6th Cir)
F-- mR --- Saad, Henry W. (6th Cir)
F4S mR C-- Myers, William Gerry III (9th Cir)
F4S M- CUV Pryor, William H. (11th Cir)
F4S M- CUV Brown, Janice Rogers (D.C. Cir)
--S -- CUV Griffith, Thomas B. (D.C. Cir)
--- -R --x Kavanaugh, Brett M. (D.C. Cir)
--- -- --- Payne, James Hardy (10th Cir)
--- -- --- Smith, N. Randy (9th Cir)
--- -- --- Chagares, Michael A. (3rd Cir)

Last updated, January 26, 2005
Owen: Cloture passed 81-18 on May 24. Confirmed 55-43 on May 25.
Brown: Cloture passed 65-32 on June 7. Confirmed 56-43 on June 8.
Pryor: Cloture passed 67-32 on June 8. Confirmed 53-45 on June 9.
Griffin: Confirmed 95-0 on June 9.
McKeague: Confirmed 96-0 on June 9.
Griffith: Confirmed 73-24 on June 14.
Neilson: Confirmed 97-0 on October 27.
Myers: Out of Committee on March 17.
Boyle: Out of Committee on June 16.
Kavanaugh: Returned to the President on December 22, Renominated on January 25.
Payne: Nominated on September 29.
Smith: Nominated on December 16.
Chagares: Nominated on January 25.


Additional source material
Senate List of Nominations in Committee (not only judicial)
Judiciary Committee List of Nominations in the 109th Congress
Senate Executive Calendar (changes each business day)
Specter's Speech of May 9, 2005 (109th Congress - Pages S4632 - S4636)
Senators' Memorandum of Understanding - May 23, 2005
Reid's agreement of May 24, 2005 (S5857)
AP Report Reid wants to filibuster Haynes & Kavanaugh - May 28, 2005
Fox News Report Reid will filibuster Saad & Myers - May 29, 2005
Boyle was nominated to 4th Cir. in 1991 too, by GHWB
Dec 1, 2005: Anticipation of N. Randy Smith Nomination
Nov 8, 2005: Two Smiths set to be named to Ninth Circuit
Jan 7, 2006: Hillary! accused of being behind the Kavanaugh return


25 posted on 02/01/2006 9:49:33 PM PST by Cboldt

[rodguy911]

IMHO the polls will only get more biased as we near the 06 elections. If the truth is told it will be here.

[maggief]

Good morning ...

Stephy was impressed with Gen. Michael Hayden. Me too.

[Bahbah]

Morning, cardinal. Please note everyone that Specter is going to be a real problem on the NSA issue.

[meema]

Agreed! What on earth can we do when all our "friendly" security forces are infiltrated by the radicals.

[MNJohnnie]

They need to learn from Sec of State Rice. She absolutely handed Timmy his head. When he asked about the Polls she said something like this "Well Tim as you know I am have a Social Sciences background, I would like to know about the methodology, questions and sample size before I respond to a poll". Was just a brilliant answer.

[old_sage_says]

I agree with you. I think he is high on the witness list. I have never trusted Timmy boy in all the yrs he has been the host of MTP.

[Alas Babylon!]

Yes because Biden is A) a bloviating windbag, B) a fool, and C) dumb as a box of rocks.

In other words, a model dem senator.

[rodguy911]

the real superbrawl--"24"--35 1/2 hours til Jack.