Posted on 02/17/2016 2:25:16 PM PST by PROCON
President Obama "regrets" filibustering the nomination of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito in 2006, his top spokesman said Wednesday, though he maintains that the Republican opposition to his effort to replace Justice Antonin Scalia is unprecedented.
"That is an approach the president regrets," White House press secretary Josh Earnest said.
Obama and the Democratic senators who joined him in filibustering Alito "should have been in the position where they were making a public case" against the merits of his nomination to the high court instead, Earnest said.
"They shouldn't have looked for a way to just throw sand in the gears of the process," he added.
As a senator from Illinois, Obama and 23 other senators attempted to stage a filibuster to block a confirmation vote on Alito, one of former President George W. Bush's picks to serve on the bench. The filibuster bid failed and Alito was confirmed.
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I’m sure he does.
Still doesn’t make the Senate his rubber stamp.
Embrace the SUCK you putz.
Bathhouse Barry admitting to his stupidity!
Bath House regrets the filibuster now, insofar as it is now a relevant factoid demonstrating his transparent hypocracy.
If he would have been asked about it one month ago, no way would he regret it. He would have proudly proclaimed how it demonstrated his principled opposition.
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“White House: Obama ‘regrets’ his filibuster of Supreme Court nominee”
I’ll bet he does, now. Too bad Baracko! Sooo sad!
Libs never understand the results of their actions. In that way, they are like wayward children.
If he really regrets it, he'll be willing to pay the price now. Oh, not that regretful?
“Josh Earnest”. That always makes me laugh. Perfect spokesman for Odumbo.
He is admitting to nothing. His spokesman is saying it for him. If he really felt that way he could have stated so when he was at his press conference yesterday when he was asked about the Alito nomination.
Obama and his whole regime are LIARS and DECEIVERS believe nothing they say.
What goes around comes around.
Well, now, pResident Barry finds out what the phrase, “What goes around, comes around” means.
FUBO - you WON’T get what you want this time, the people of this country are rising up, and we’ll burn down the phone lines to our Senators to stop you.
Go away, already, we’ve had quite enough of you.
Well, isn’t that too damned bad for him-actions have consequences, and I hope the ones he gets are ruinous...
Payback is a bitch odumbo and you have just gotten your payback. Now, we await the nomination that will no doubt be a VERY LIBERAL candidate and MOST HOPEFULLY, McConnell will not bring it to a vote during odumbo’s term.
Too bad. We won.
Elections have consequences.
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