LIVE THREAD Senate Debate on Nomination of Samuel A. Alito

C-Span2 ^ | Jan 26, 2006

[katieanna]

Debate continues in the Senate today on the nomination of Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court. At present no time has been announced for a final vote. Stop by and discuss.

[saveliberty]

:-) And he got so snippy when they were saying that the President's IQ is higher than his. Who needs an IQ test? LOL!

[saveliberty]

she has to vote no to be the Dem nominee if only for the money,

uh I mean children

[pillut48]

KERRY CALLS FOR FILIBUSTER ON ALITO

[Semper Paratus]

Kerry got on the wrong train again.

[newnhdad]

whoo hoo, yeah, alright, come-on we're fillibustering.

We? you're all alone..

Oh, I thought we were all doing it.

[Not A Snowbird]

KERRY CALLS FOR FILIBUSTER ON ALITO

He did? Way to make yourself completely irrelevant, John.

[maggief]

I missed Byrd too ... may have to catch the replay especially if he zings the Swimmer.

In case you missed it here's Byrd's latest challenger:

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=1542554

[sageb1]

Johnson is the third dem to vote yea. Not sure what state?

[Jrabbit]

CTV just did a newsbreak about it. They are soooo excited!

[katieanna]

Nelson of Nebraska; Byrd of WV and Johnson of SD

[Txsleuth]

ROFLMAO....

[saveliberty]

I missed Byrd three, but here's a link to a choice excerpt

He was actually lucid.

http://bench.nationalreview.com/archives/088390.asp

[Not A Snowbird]

Terrific! I've got a phone book Byrd can read.

Who brought the popcorn?

[maggief]

Yep ... look who else is in Davos!



U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan (L), his wife Nane Annan (2nd L), United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Goodwill Ambassador U.S. actress Angelina Jolie (R) and U.S. actor Brad Pitt (2nd R) leave the 'A New Mindset for the UN' session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, January 26, 2006. REUTERS/Sebastian Derungs Reuters

[saveliberty]

Best of the Web today does a nice job on the SCOTUS brouhaha
http://www.opinionjournal.com/best/?id=110007872

[Knitting A Conundrum]

America 2006: American politics as painted by Salvadore Dali...

[RetroSexual]

Kerry, in Davos, Switzerland, to attend the World Economic Forum, was marshaling support in phone calls during the day

I swear that I thought people were making the Switzerland part up. This is like a Scrappleface story!

[RetroSexual]

Angelina's got a little paunch on her, don't you think?

[CedarDave]

Wasn't it Johnson who narrowly defeated Thune (who then narrowly defeated Daschle)? Must know that Puff isn't coming back and it's o.k. to leave the reservation (reservation for Rats = plantation for Pubbies [according to Hillary]).