Posted on 05/18/2005 5:48:45 AM PDT by ken5050
Welcome, all you Freepers, to the continuing C-span soap operas about judicial nominations. "The Guiding SEARCHLIGHT, " "As the SENATE Turns, "One NOMINATION to Live" "GERIATRIC Hospital" (for all you Byrd and Lautenberg fans out there). Follow along with us, as the Dems raise the level of histrionics, bloviation, pontification, and all around bad acting to new highs, er, lows...
kcvl, Mort is saying that they are trying to get a deal where four of them get in, including Owen and Brown. Hmmm........did somebody else hear all the details.
It's a group of 12 senators.
" ...dems should just for once be honest and admit that they hate the President and they hate the American right"
what they hate most of all is what they've become so very good is LOSING.
I love Mitch Daniels, he just says whateve he wants! I love it, he kicks! I am enjoying watching him tick the Demmies off! MY MAN MITCH! Awesome!
Is Mara wearing pop beads ??
Yes, I heard it!
They had better think about that!!!
Mort Kondrake just said they are still working on a compromise that involves exchanges 3 nominees to keep the filibuster!!!
Brit is about to jump out of his chair--he says they have already nixed that!!!!
LOL, no one else wants to talk? LOL, Be careful where you run, not to be heartless, but we need your vote in 06!
LOL
I thought they were mothballs.
Did you hear the entire description of this so called "deal?"
Brit's panel now discussing the "group of 12...6 dems, 6 reps...now still in session. Everybody together now for one big thought wave to these compromising reps..........NO DAMN DEAL.
Can you remember all the details??
ROFLOL! It sure looks like it!
It can't be...They said they were BAD candidates. Two hours later, they are good candidates? The Senate OF THE DEMS must be something like confession.
From your list-->
McCain is by far the worst. I think he loves all the attention he gets. grrrrrrrr
Several senators were working furiously to stop the chamber from getting to that vote. Democratic Sen. Ken Salazar of Colorado had attended at least 13 private meetings over the previous 24 hours with senators trying to craft a deal, a spokesman said.
Salazar and Sen. Lindsey Graham (news, bio, voting record), R-S.C., along with Ben Nelson, D-Neb., John McCain, R-Ariz., Mark Pryor, D-Ark., and others, were working to try and find six Republicans and six Democrats to block Frist from banning judicial filibusters and block Reid from filibustering all of Bush's controversial judicial nominees.
Several of the seven blocked nominees would be confirmed.
Aides said Republican negotiators want Owen, Brown and former Alabama Attorney General William Pryor confirmed, with Idaho lawyer William Myers's nomination scuttled. As part of that deal, two Michigan nominees, David McKeague and Richard Griffin, would be confirmed, while a third nominee — Henry Saad — would be jettisoned.
A fourth Michigan judge, Susan Neilson, also would be confirmed, although she has not been filibustered by Democrats.
Senators are still negotiating that part of the deal and it is subject to change
Brit said it was the same deal that was rejected yesterday. Mort continues to hold on to hope.
From that little repartee, I'd say it's all hype, BUT there are still Republican Senators meeting with them, and they had better be whipped!
HUH?? WHAT STINKIN MEETING...who are the majority here?? I guess we don't have the votes with the RINOS on the RATS side! Once again double crossed by our own party leaders...sighhhhhhh!!:-[
Listen to Mara saying that if they do it, there won't be anymore comraderie in the Senate.......as if!
But she couldn't think of any "bad" that would happen if they do it. And Mort said the Dems have gone TOO far.
I agree with you about sending snailmail and the effectiveness of that mode. I will be composing such a note tonight - after the debating is over.
Must SEND TOMORROW ...
And more importantly WE nixed that. NO DEAL RINO'S!
What a surprise... McCain and Graham. Yuk!
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