LIVE SENATE THREAD: C-Span 2 9:30am EST "The Confirmation vote for Priscilla Owen"

C-Span 2

[ken5050]

Good morning all. Senate convenes at 9:30 am this morning, to vote on the nomination of Priscilla Owen. I've started the thread early, as I have to leave for a few hours, but also to give us a place to start commenting early on the events of yesterday....

[nina0113]

"There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat. And we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures. "

I think we missed the tide.

[defconw]

they are livid and confused

Excellent!!!!!!! (rubbing hands together with glee)

[LisaFab]

Just watch and listen to the Dems--you'll realize that we won.

[defconw]

You are correct again!

[AliVeritas]

Are they squirming or what? Corzine (Jersey clone king), is snubbed for not being in on the gang o 14.

Please say extreme, please say extreme.

[Dilbert56]

Schmuck Chumer is really the one to blame for this whole mess. When the Senate flipped to Democrat control for a while, he started the practice of publicly injecting ideology into the consideration of a candidate judge. In the past the official consideration was limited to qualification and temperament.

Chuckie overreached and dragged the Senate into this quagmire. Sad that he's the better of my state's senators. Time to move.

[prairiebreeze]

Some of them missed the boat. Others jumped ship entirely ...

[Sacajaweau]

I agree with the wink and a nod vote. In the end, Hillary will be able to claim that any change of Roe vs Wade is because of Bush's nominees. In the meantime, she can pander to the black, woman, and Hispanic folks as recognizing their accomplishments by voting FOR these folks.

[AFPhys]

Actually, it would have been more accurate to say that Frist DID have a plan for handling the predictable RINOs all along. He certainly knew about their existence - and for you to believe he ignored that is naive.

[clintonh8r]

What time does the kibuki dance begin?

[AliVeritas]

Take a number. Pick me up in the city on your way out.

[Milhous]

Your side, the minority, is outside of the mainstream by definition, John. Democrats remain in denial even though they see the Constitutional Option looming ahead. Sweet!

[Minus_The_Bear]

Bush will never appoint somebody who will threaten the status of Roe

[maryz]

Of course Corzine's troubled. He wants fair, impartial judges that always find against corporations! Just like a couple of C-Span callers!

(Personally, I'm so naive that I always thought sometimes the plaintiff's right and sometimes the def't's right; sometimes the corp.'s right, sometimes the individual suing is right. Clearly I've missed the point of fair, impartial judges)

[defconw]

Yes, plus what's with all the negativity? We are the party of Reagan! The Gipper would not like it! Buckle up it's going to be a bumpy ride!

[AliVeritas]

12 bring Lysol, it could get ugly.

[COEXERJ145]

Bush will never appoint somebody who will threaten the status of Roe

Oh please. President Bush is about as pro-life as you can get.

[olde north church]

You're correct in your assessment of Corzine being a lock in NJ. That's why he'll vote against a black judge. satrap sharpe james has enough fraud in his pocket to put fred flintstone into drumthwacket.

[AliVeritas]

yeah....Yeah...YEAH!

[AFPhys]

Graham has made it ABUNDANTLY CLEAR to anybody who has been willing to actually listen to him that he WILL VOTE WITH FRIST to end the filibuster of judges if the Demodogs pull any shenanigans and abuse their agreement in any way.