[kingattax]

the president should be sure to send a personal thank you note to his 'good pal' arlen.

[grobdriver]

Clever.
In bargaining you ask for a price you know is too high, and when they counter with something lower, you kick the dust and accept...
But never tell that what you accepted was still higher than what you expected.

[YouPosting2Me]

"pre-Christmas"


aaaaahhhhh... the horror! Christmas??? you mean Holiday Season don't you?

/sarc

[LetsRok]

Chief Justice Roberts should table all cases until after Alito is sworn in. That way O'Conner will not be able to affect the outcome of any pending issues before the court during this session.

[NapkinUser]

Bush should have expected this BS when he choose to campaign for Arlen Specter over a real conservative like Pat Toomey.

Just call O'Connor to the white house and ask if she'll step aside for a recess appointment. If she says yes, recess appoint Alito so he can hear the important cases until his confirmation hearings start on January 9.

[Dems_R_Losers]

Specter said he provided more time so the Democrats could not used "rushed hearings" as an excuse for a filibuster. He might not be wrong about this. I can just hear Leahy and Kennedy screaming "we do not have enough time to go through 300 Circuit Court opinions and interview 50 law clerks who worked for Judge Alito!" At least we won't have to listen to that.

Bush could have avoided this by naming Alito in the first place instead of the egregious Harriet Miers. So don't go blaming Specter for a problem the President made for himself.

[Zacs Mom]

"Bush Disappointed with Alito Hearing Date"

He's not the only one!!!

And, frankly, I am really getting damned tired of republicans totally caving to every single BS whim every sniveling cRAT can conjure!

I'm coming to the conclusion that hitlary and crew have the FBI files (and the goods) on every one of these guys and they are blackmailing the h*ll out of them!!

[Centurion2000]

What the hell? They take 5 MONTHS to raise their hands and vote????

[taildragger]

I am so tired of these dolts in Congress getting nothing done on both sides of the Ilse.

Rice's nomination and Gonzale's nominations were stonewalled by the likes of Levin and now our Geldings on the GOP side can't get the job done before Christmas.

UN-%*(&(%*%% believable I am so tired of Frist and Specter we need 60 Coburns, I am so tired of comity and process.

Will someone with a pair please stand up, Hillary not you...