Posted on 03/13/2009 2:53:58 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Last month, former US solicitor general Kenneth Starr sent out a warning to President Barack Obama: GOP senators won't readily forgive the president for his Senate votes against supreme court justice Samuel Alito and chief justice John Roberts.
"Long-simmering resentments over Democrats' treatment of President Bush's nominees," he said in a Boston speech, "will leave Mr Obama hard-pressed to call for bipartisan help confirming judges or even an up-or-down vote".
Then, on Monday, all 41 GOP senators threw down the gauntlet. In a letter to the White House, they "regretfully" made it clear they were itching for a fight over judicial nominations. If the new president wanted to "change the tone in Washington," they suggested, he could renominate Bush picks who weren't confirmed over the last eight years. Right.
The country may have voted for change in the fall, but it looks as if we're facing the same old partisan civil war over the makeup of the federal judiciary. The Democratic majority in the Senate may introduce some new rules in the way this war will unfold – procedural games involving blue slips and filibusters are now on the other foot – but the fighting isn't going to end. And that means there's no end in sight to the vacancy crisis on the federal bench, or to the looming crisis in confidence in the process.
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Moderation is only killing 10 million Jews instead of 14 million!
Only if they stand together. Which will not happen. I can think of three Senators right off the top of my head, who’ll cave to the Dems.
Oh yeah! They’ve thrown down the gauntlet!
Until it behooves the “Gang of 14” to get together and surrender — well, the Republicans will surrender... They can’t help it, it’s their nature.
Sorry, typo.
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