Perpetually. Never ending. Over and over . . . our red meat conservatives utterly refuse to recognize that the 7 RINOs exist. Without them, we get no confirmation of anyone. Nominating one of the FR rockstar judges for this slot was a GUARANTEED formula for the biggest celebration and fundraising party the DNC has ever had.
You think them stopping Bork was big? That was nothing. They HATE Bush. If they could defeat a Bush nominee it would be worth 500 million dollars of donations to them and a celebration party that would last two days and probably get 48 hrs of news coverage.
Bush denied them that. He also moved the court to the right. This is a profoundly brilliant President.
Extremely well said. The thrown down will be for President Bush's THIRD nominee, after two "stealth" candidates have already tilted the court to the right......IF conservatives don't explode and ruin the grand plan.
"He also moved the court to the right."
How do you figure?
We're lucky if this will be status quo.
My guess is it will be a reversal.
You're elevating cowardice to pragmatism, which it is not.
The Dems already fundraise from everything Bush ever says or does anyway. I would rather a conservative judge go to the Senate and not get enough votes than pick a moderate right off the bat. Its not like we lose anything by not getting enough votes.