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Sessions: GOP Won't Block Vote on Sotomayor Nomination
The Washington Post ^ | July 16, 2009 | Robert Barnes, Amy Goldstein, and Paul Kane

Posted on 07/16/2009 1:40:15 PM PDT by EveningStar

Judge Sonia Sotomayor ended four days of testimony this afternoon with prospects of rapid confirmation to the Supreme Court improved, as a conservative Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee edged toward endorsing her and the panel's ranking Republican said the GOP would not block a vote on her nomination.

Shortly before the committee concluded its questioning of Sotomayor, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), the panel's senior GOP member, told Sotomayor he would "look forward to you getting that vote" by the time the Senate takes its annual summer break, slated to begin Aug. 7.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Alabama
KEYWORDS: 111th; jeffsessions; scotus; sessions; soniasotomayor; sotomayor
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To: Sarah Barracuda
RIP GOP. It was great knowing you

Exactly. Every argument for voting for The GOP just went out the window. Their aren't opponents to Democrat excesses. They're enablers.

81 posted on 07/16/2009 3:14:44 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: Mmogamer

Sessions is a disappointment. I used to respect him a little but not now that he can’t even stand up to a racist quota queen.


82 posted on 07/16/2009 3:22:23 PM PDT by SUSSA
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To: EveningStar

That Sessions reeks of the “I too have been bought” smell of late.


83 posted on 07/16/2009 3:24:45 PM PDT by samadams2000 (Someone important make......The Call!)
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To: Albion Wilde
Someone on another thread explained that she may not be as bad as many others Obama could name.

Yeah, I heard Bill Bennet say that on his show this morning. I thought, "Great! Now the GOP Elites are saying we're lucky he picked Sotomayor!" Oh, goody for us!

84 posted on 07/16/2009 3:41:12 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: Mmogamer; All

What use is there to block it? The rat’s have 60 votes anyway. I just want everyone of the Republicans vote No. Let it be partisan


85 posted on 07/16/2009 3:42:48 PM PDT by Kaslin (Acronym for 0bama: One Big Ass Mistake America)
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To: JacksonCalhoun
I would vote against her for one reason. The current president voted against clearly qualified candidates for ideological reasons. Why not do the same to his nominees? And I would announce it loudly.

Exactly, Every Republican should vote against her

86 posted on 07/16/2009 3:45:41 PM PDT by Kaslin (Acronym for 0bama: One Big Ass Mistake America)
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To: grandpa jones
This isn't the one to go to the mattresses on.

If the GOP willfully allows a candidate who with so many disqualifying characteristics to be confirmed without opposition, it will find itself unable to go to the mattress in any situation where it might prevail.

Imagine a sports team whose first three opponents are so tough it has no realistic hope of victory. Should the team just roll over and play dead those first three games, or should it put forth a real effort? Some might argue that the players should save their strength, but I would posit that a team which rolls over and plays dead the first three games is going to be completely out of training by the time game four rolls around.

87 posted on 07/16/2009 4:09:43 PM PDT by supercat (Barry Soetoro == Bravo Sierra)
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To: supercat
I dunno supercat. The whole thing is depressing.

I think we conservatives have some large battles ahead, and I would hate to waste time and money on this one.

Congress hopes to go into their August recess with the nationalized health-care bill in their pocket. Nearly 20% of the GDP grabbed up in one massive law.

To spend any more time on this judge seems like a poor allocation of resources to me.

88 posted on 07/16/2009 4:49:07 PM PDT by grandpa jones (I am Jim Thompson.)
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To: Luke21
They told us Ginzburg and Breyer were moderates too.

I understand your concern. God help us.

89 posted on 07/16/2009 5:24:22 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ( Jim Thompson for President.)
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To: Mmogamer

Sickening weak Repubs. Did Alito get this kind of respect? The woman is obviously an intellectual lightweight who lies to get past gullible gringos.


90 posted on 07/16/2009 6:00:40 PM PDT by omega4179 (Anti)
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To: EveningStar

I swear. The GOP seem to be turning into the ‘LibDem’ party of the UK....and the rest of us are the ‘Torries’.


91 posted on 07/16/2009 6:31:17 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Obama. Clear and Pres__ent Danger.)
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To: EveningStar

If Jesse Helms were still around, I think he could tie up the nomination for some time. He knew the rules and the ropes that his successors do not understand. But NC has gone on the dark side now too.


92 posted on 07/17/2009 6:43:30 AM PDT by Theodore R.
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To: Kitsunebi

They are cowardly lions because of demographics and also because of a lack of personal spine. They are the Casper the Friendly Ghost Republicans looing for someone to say something nice about them.


93 posted on 07/17/2009 6:45:27 AM PDT by Theodore R.
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To: SUSSA

Sessions used to own a bookstore that sold Confederate material. He is sensitive about liberals being mean to him. He may not really believe in anything but his being the senator from AL, which is moving left and may choose an Obama-style governor in 2010. Demographics mean a lot.


94 posted on 07/17/2009 6:48:04 AM PDT by Theodore R.
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To: conservativebuckeye

Unfortunately the term “one of the most conservative men in Washington” means little any more.


95 posted on 07/17/2009 6:49:38 AM PDT by Theodore R.
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To: grandpa jones
I think we conservatives have some large battles ahead, and I would hate to waste time and money on this one.

How much time and money should it have required for a Senator to ask Sotomayor what relation she has, if any, with La Raza, or what the name "La Raza" means?

96 posted on 07/17/2009 3:24:40 PM PDT by supercat (Barry Soetoro == Bravo Sierra)
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To: Theodore R.
They are cowardly lions because of demographics and also because of a lack of personal spine. They are the Casper the Friendly Ghost Republicans looing for someone to say something nice about them.

You're right about that.

97 posted on 07/21/2009 4:34:16 AM PDT by Kitsunebi
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To: americanophile; All

“The GOP can’t stop the nomination”

yes they could have

http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2009/04/specter-defection-will-haunt-dems-on.html


98 posted on 07/28/2009 9:43:59 AM PDT by dervish (I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself)
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