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Mike~~~I agree with every word you just wrote.....to allow this man to be hung out to dry and then not to even lift a finger to help him is damning for our party.

Schumer and Kennedy were just on Fox with their reaction to Estrada withdrawing ......they were spewing the usual lies.........and what hurts is there will be NO Republican reaction.

This has me wondering why I remain a Republican..

This has me wondering why I remain a Republican..

Because of the alternatives.......

I recall about a half-dozen cloture votes.

Take a look at the White House web page on Judicial Nominations:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/judicialnominees/

Sorry, but I'm getting really ticked about a LOT of this griping. You can't say Bush and Frist did what they could - and it's bene pointed out that there was nothing (given McConnell's health and some other situations among Republican seantors) to prevent a bunch of Dems from doign what the Texas ChickenDems did, and havign someone suggest the absence of a quorum (I bet that was one of their options if Frist went 24/7).

Everyone stop and think! Estrada pulled his nomination -- what do you want President Bush to do -- lock him in a closet and demand he stay in the nominating process. Give the man a break!

Maybe some of you should take a deep breath and look at what you are saying -- going to give the election to the DemocRATs now and have them run the Senate on everything -- you want tax hikes -- act like you are acting right now and turn the Senate over to the RATS along with the White House and the House of Representatives all over a judicial nomination.

Senator Frist could not do a nuclear option over a judicial nominee. What is more important -- getting a budget through for our military and the rest of the agencies or a judicial nomination?

Well this lifelong Republican has never wavered, will never waver, and I want the Senate taking up the very important work I sent them to do and that is to pass the budget for the DoD and other agencies. There is a war going on, we have an economy that needs help, and judicial nominations are not at the top of my list!

I have followed politics for more years than I care to admit and I remember Republicans doing the same thing to RAT judicial nominations and I stood behind the Republicans when we were in the minority because the judges were too liberal. Strom Thurmond was one of the best when it came to filibusters.

We do not want to go down a path with a nuclear option and do away with the ability to filibuster. That would be a mistake IMO if we ever become the minority again. If you all don't stop and think for a change instead of reacting immediately, that could happen. Then what have you got -- a truly stalmated Senate or worse yet a RAT President and DemocRAT Senate because of your "principled" stand.

I cannot believe what I am reading on this thread! Have any of you been around politics a long time to go back to the days when we really were in the minority in the House and Senate and couldn't even put a filibuster together unless we got the Southern Democrats on board? Well I do, and this lifelong Republican doesn't intend to go there again.

This can be used in the election if any of you even care about that! Guess it is better for some to blow off steam rather than THINK!

This is my last statement on this thread! You can all stomp your feet, whine, get angry, and do whatever you want but that doesn't change the fact that Estrada withdrew the nomination. During this whole process everyone knocked the Republicans but where was the anger against the DemocRATs for doing this? No the anger focused on the Republicans.

Guess my question now is "WHY?" How many of you throwing fits on here have been Republicans since 1980 -- that means registered Republicans! How many of you have worked in the trenches to get Republicans elected? How many phone calls have you made for Republican candidates? How many precincts have you walked for Republican candidates? How many hours have you spent working in campaigns?

When you can answer that you have been a Republican and supported Reagan (who BTW didn't get every nomination through he wanted and had to compromise), and have been an active volunteer in campaigns, then maybe people will listen.

It is easy to sit behind a keyboard as I am doing right now and gripe, get angry, etc., but what good is it doing to take down the Republicans on an open forum -- absolutely no good -- Estrada withdrew the nomination plain and simple. The RATs at RATs.com and DU must be having a field day watching all of you trash Republicans. They don't need to do a thing -- just come on FR and pull off everything negative said about Republicans and their job is done!

Thanks for making their job easier and those of us Republicans that work campaigns harder.

That's all I have to say on this subject -- flame away but it is a waste of your time. It is one thing to give objective criticsm but to threaten to withhold your vote over a judicial nominee that pulled his own name is ludicrous. If you cannot read and see what you are doing for the opposition, there is absolutely nothing left to say.

Have a nice day and enjoying trashing Republicans instead of the real culprits -- the DemocRAT Senators who used the Rules to their advantage!