[wagglebee]

How differently things would have been if Frist had used the nuclear/Constitutional option last year.

[wagglebee]

Pro-Life Ping

[ladyinred]

Gee, what a shock. Hope the Catholics who turned to the rat party of death are pleased.

[colorado tanker]

The Gang of 14 really screwed us.

[DoughtyOne]

Yeah, well thank John McCain. Thanks a heap.

[Brilliant]

Why so? The Dems now have a majority. It's more likely the GOP who will be filibustering.

The only possible strategy of the pro-lifers at this point is to harp on the most egredious abuses of abortion, and hopefully win back the high ground in this battle. Constantly remind folks that the Dems are in favor of partial birth abortions. Constantly point out the many failings of the judiciary.

[rjp2005]

Bah. You power is illusory, abortion pushers. The prolife wave will sweep your party clean of that foul position.

[jwalsh07]

Babies must be sacrificed on the altar of liberalism, it is after all one of their sacraments.

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

Can't we still do it? I mean, those just elected aren't at the job yet.

[MadIvan]

The President should have a two part reply. First -

"Go forth and multiply."

Second - he should say, "Well, Senator Tester, Senator Casey, Senator Webb - your constituents voted for you because you weren't going to sign up for liberal baby killing nonsense. You can either obey your party and be exposed as having lied to the people who voted for you, or you can stick to the supposed principles you espouse and vote for my judges. Capiche?"

Regards, Ivan

[DrewsDad]

They don't want him to send up for confirmation any judges who would be hostile to legalized abortion

What is more hostile than piercing the back of a baby's neck and sucking out it's brains?

[Arkinsaw]

Why would he do what they say? Nominate a conservative...they say no. Nominate a more conservative...they say no. Nominate even more conservative....they say no.........how long can they go saying no? Make them do it.

MAKE THEM DO IT! I do NOT believe they will turn down nominee after nominee after nominee. I don't think they can sustain it. It will become the dominant issue on the news.......MAKE THEM DO IT!

Make my day....vote down judge after judge after judge....do it Democrats. I dare ya. We can keep nominating a new one over and over again for two years if thats what you want to do.

Anyway...if it was me thats what I would do.

[dawn53]

But what about those pro-life Dems that were just elected? (end/sarcasm)

[xtinct]

Isn't there a law that allows the president to appoint the judges he wants when the Congress and Senate are on recess? He doesn't need their approval?

[beaversmom]

How differently things would have been if Frist had used the nuclear/Constitutional option last year.

Wouldn't that have been nice? So many opportunities missed and blown. Thanks nadless GOP Senators. Thanks ego-McCainiac. Thanks butt-kisser Graham.

[ReleaseTheHounds]

Isn't it nice to see comity and compromise in the Senate?

[Kakaze]

Though they technically have enough votes on the panel and in the Senate to defeat any Bush judicial pick, they may still have a tough time keeping their caucus together as some moderate Democrats joined a group of Republicans in making sure filibusters weren't used to hold up nominees.

I'm sure we'll soon hear this little experiment in bipartisanship only applied to republican ruled congresses.......Now all bets are off.

[ShandaLear]

Recess appointments, baby!

[Argus]

He added that Bush "will have to negotiate with us, because we'll have the majority."

No, Schumer, he doesn't have to negotiate with you. All he has to do, under the Constitution, is send his judicial nominations to the Senate. If you choose to reject them, leaving all sorts of courts without judges, that's up to you. If I were Bush, that's exactly how I'd play it, and let the public know who's responsible for all those judicial vacancies. Including the SCOTUS, if it comes to that.

[rightwingintelligentsia]

I thought some of the new Democrat Senators were "pro-life"--Casey of PA comes to mind, and he was chosen specifically because he was supposed to negate the abortion issue against Santorum.

So the Democrats plan to force them to vote against pro-life justice candidates?

[RightWhale]

The position stated is kind of an extrapolation of the nuances presented as illustrations in the essay. As such it is BS.