GOP Looks for at Least 20 'No' Votes

Wall Street Journal ^ | 7/13/09 | Naftali Bendavid

[JSDude1]

WASHINGTON -- Opponents of Judge Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the Supreme Court suggested they would consider it a victory if more than half of the Senate's 40 Republicans voted against her in this week's confirmation hearing, as the GOP grapples with how aggressively to challenge the nominee. Many Republicans said they viewed 23 "no" votes as a benchmark, because that would be one more than Chief Justice John Roberts received in 2005 and would reflect a significant protest vote. Others said that if the Senate GOP were to split roughly in half, that would signal support to conservatives who oppose Judge Sotomayor without angering Hispanic voters with a wholesale dismissal of her nomination.

[OneVike]

You have freepmail from me. Please reply. It is a bit important to me.

[JSDude1]

Then why do you post to me? Really you ~seem~ like an angry moderate, I understand your sentiment of civility, but frankly politics is hardball these days, and we MUST play it too. No we don’t break our moral code, but baring that we MUST do what is necessary to win, and fight the enemy (even if we ‘lose’ the battle- George Washington had quite a few of these too, if I remember my history)! ;)

[TADSLOS]

Really, Deb, is that the best retort you have? You’re not too bright, even for a party hack.

[wordsofearnest]

They need to stand up and shake em to make sure they’re still there.