Posted on 03/14/2002 2:39:32 PM PST by Reagan Man
WASHINGTON - The Democratic-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee voted along party lines Thursday to kill the nomination of Judge Charles Pickering to the appeals court, handing President Bush a stinging defeat in a racially-charged confirmation battle.
In a series of roll calls, the panel also snubbed Bush's request to allow a vote in the full Senate on Pickering, a 64-year-old Mississippian with more than a decade on the bench.
Now, as the nominees get more conservative and younger (and have less of a paper trail) the other Democrats will be begging the Judiciary committee ones to pass the nominees so the stink doesn't rub off on them.
Sorry, I got off on a tangent. I think the Dems badly underestimated Bush and see that he has the skills and the backbone to take them on and that the American people have taken to him, and they're scared and they're desperate and they're backed into a corner and they're probably ready to fight to the death with no quarter. So there's no telling what they'll do, so yes, we need to act as if we're in a war with them.
Yeah, but it doesn't say as of when. I'll bet that 98% self-given rating only applies to the predictions it makes the day before the election. You can be sure it has nothing to do with the odds they're throwing around before most states have even had their primaries.
I see two "slightly favoreds" for the Rats, one even, and one Rat favored. In March. To me, that makes at least three of the four ripe for the picking. Remember, overall the voters' support for Congressional Democrats is trending downwards, and it's only going to keep going that way as the rats keep on pulling stunts like this, the war gets more intense, and the economy recovers (for which Bush will get the credit).
That's the weak excuse. A president needs to be able to do more than one thing at a time. It's not like he's shouldering each and every decision of each and every step in the war with no let up, no respite to do anything else. He made time to yuk it up with Vincente Fox. He made time to throw out a pitch at the World Series, he could have made time easily to stand up for this guy.
He made a miscalculation, plain and simple. He thought he could get this guy through. Now, I trust, he knows better and will appoint an even MORE conservative judge and kick some serious butt if they start this nonsense again.
I'm dreamin' as well
Of those I listed, there are GOP'ers in similar situations: Ark., OR, NH and maybe CO.
Then if they filibuster, ram 'em.
Doesn't Rush call him Leaky for that reason?
That's one reason I am hesitant to be too eager for Miller to change parties now .... the same argument could be turned around and aimed at him since he ran as a Dem, in a campaign financed by Dems.
The other reason I think he serves a good purpose as a Dem is that as such, he can castigate his fellow Dems and not be accused of being a card-carrying member of the VRWC. Criticism from the Republicans is snickered at but criticism from a Dem has some sting to it.
Connie Mack, a respected and popular senator, decided not to run for re-election because of health concerns. The Republicans ran a weak candidate, Bill McCullum, who is a good man but a weak candidate. He lost resoundingly to Bill Nelson, a tinhorn who Mack would have beaten like a toy drum. So, this resulted in a two vote swing; one less Pubby, one more RAT.
Why am I pissed about this? Well, it's a lesson in why we're called the stupid party. If Connie Mack had run, he would have won. Then, after being sworn in, he could have resigned (health reasons) and Jeb could have appointed another Republican to replace him. There is a good chance that Jeffords would have stayed in the party because there would have been no incentive for him to go to THE minority party. The fact that he rarely voted with his party is irrelevant. WE WOULD CONTROL THE COMMITTEES! If the roles had been reversed you can be sure the RATS would have played it this way because they're ruthless and NOT stupid.
I was always under the impression that the Senate cannot refuse to seat someone simply because they don't like them; they have to have some sort of legitimate argument as to why the person is unfit to serve. Thus, when Ashcroft decided not to contest the election and Carna-HAM's appointment, the Senate had no legitimate legal reason to consider refusing to seat her.
Anyone know if I'm right on this?
Actually, Bork did receive a floor vote. He was rejected 58-42.
Well, what were his health problems, exactly? If he, or his doctors, felt he was too ill to serve, he was almost certainly too ill to campaign. I'd like the Senate in GOP hands too, but I'm not going to literally risk my life to achieve it when there are a million other ways to try wrestle control back.
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