[mdittmar]

Blah,blah,blah.

[LurkerNoMore!]

Don't count your Hatch before he chickens.

[SwinneySwitch]

...blah; blah.

Give 'em hell, Orin!

[The Old Hoosier]

Republicans hold a 50-48-1 advantage in the Senate, with independent Sen. Jim Jeffords of Vermont usually voting with the Democrats.

Uh, really? That's news to me. I thought AP had fact-checkers.

[El Gato]

Seems to me if the traditional 66/33 majority/minor funding tradition can be changed, then all the traditions can be changed. After all it's only "fair". As in "all's fair in love and war" and this ain't "love".

[Political Junkie Too]

Under Hatch's plan, a single negative blue slip from a senator won't be enough to stop a Bush nominee, something that former Democratic Judiciary Chairmen Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts and Joseph Biden of Delaware did as well... "We're going to follow the Kennedy-Biden-Hatch policy, which basically says that blue slips will be given great weight but they're not dispositive. That's the way it should be," Hatch said.

To quote the Democrats, "We're only asking for what's fair. If it was good enough for the [past] Congress, then it should be good enough for [this] Congress."

-PJ

[Samizdat]

But if Hatch "now intends to follow different standards for President Bush's nominees than he did for President Clinton's nominees,

These people are living in a fantasy land. There is no comparison between the two. clinton stole the presidency through fraud, deceit, murder, rape and theft. Bush got there honestly. clinton is a corrupt mobster who should be in jail let alone have been able to pack the courts with his corrupt cronies.

[ambrose]

Republicans hold a 50-48-1 advantage in the Senate, with independent Sen. Jim Jeffords of Vermont usually voting with the Democrats.

Who died/resigned? No one? You mean the liberal media doesn't even know how many senators there are?

[tet68]

But if Hatch "now intends to follow different standards for President Bush's nominees than he did for President Clinton's nominees, the stark change unavoidably is going to have the appearance of playing partisan politics with the independent federal judiciary," said Leahy spokesman David Carle.

As opposed to a minority senator being able to hold up the works. That's not partizan....Nooooooooooooo.

[Nick Danger]

But if Hatch "now intends to follow different standards for President Bush's nominees than he did for President Clinton's nominees, the stark change unavoidably is going to have the appearance of playing partisan politics with the independent federal judiciary," said Leahy spokesman David Carle.

David Carle, come on down! You have just won a Press Point from the Associated Press!

That's right, David, you're now the proud owner of a brand spanking new, 2003 model Press Point. You can point to this and say you said it. You can show it to your friends. You can have it framed and hang on the wall next to your autographed picture of Bill Clinton.

Like so many Democrats today, this is what you get instead of winning the issue. Because I'm sorry David, but winning a Press Point is not the same as winning an election. Your side lost the election, so I'm afraid you're just going to have to stand aside while all these judges you oppose get rammed down your throat.

Isn't it great to have the press on your side, David? Can you imagine the Associated Press quoting one of Hatch's aides back when Leahy ran the committee? It is to laugh, right? Only Democrats can win Press Points. So enjoy yours, David. It's all you get.