[PhiKapMom]

Thanks much for bringing that up about Senator Sessions. I had forgotten that happened! Senator Sessions was just overwhelmingly re-elected in Alabama so they know a good man when they see one!

He also has one of the nicest staffs in the Senate when you call his office!

[Ladysmith]

WOOHOO!! FR is up and running again!

[VRWC_minion]

Back again and watching on Cspan. I love to see R's with some back bone. So far, am I glad Lot is gone.

[PhiKapMom]

All the Republican Senators are on the floor -- I don't know how Senator Hatch got the floor but he did! And Reid from NV -- the RAT -- is going nuts!

[PhiKapMom]

All the Republican Senators are on the floor -- I don't know how Senator Hatch got the floor but he did! And Reid from NV -- the RAT -- is going nuts!

[GOPrincess]

I've been having trouble logging on for the past hour...where did the live thread go? :) What's happening now is pretty fascinating with Hatch fielding questions from fellow Republicans to make the case for Estrada.

[Miss Marple]

Saxby and Warner getting their digs in with questions. Rats objecting, but the chair is the Alaska senator, and they are overruled! HA!

[PhiKapMom]

Republicans have taken the floor with Hatch in charge and he is not yielding to the RATs. Reid almost had a hissy fit but Stevens wouldn't yield to him.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Hi everyone! In the previous hour:

 

Sen. Arlen Specter:

 

"They want, as the minority party in the Senate, full partnership with the President of the United States." Re. appointing judges.

 

"If the American people want judges confirmed, they're going to have to elect 60 (members) of the President's party."

 

"We are really heading for extraordinary deadly deadlock in this body."

 

"It's a Constitutional revolution (going on here)."

 

"It would be my hope that cooler heads will prevail."

_________

Correction of MY earlier post: Sen. Durbin (not DORGAN) and Sen. Kennedy  were the only two Dem. Senators to ask follow-up questions.

 

Sen. Orrin Hatch:

 

"I think that this is an abuse of the process."

 

"It is abuse by the minority."

 

"We have confirmed 26 Clinton judges who did not have (judicial) experience. It's the phoniest argument I've heard yet!"

 

"This is a man with every qualification and they haven't laid a glove on him."

 

"Of the 108 men and women who have served on the Supreme Court, 43 had no prior judicial experience at all."

 

Sen. Brownback:

 

"It's my understanding that Mr. Estrada worked for the Clinton administration, for the Janet Reno justice department". (Sen. Hatch) It's highly unlikely that he would receive the support of Seth Waxman if he were a right wing idealogue. Sen. Brownback: "I find it so odd that that would be a charge brought against him when he worked for the Janet Reno Justice Dept."

 

Sens. Santorum, Nickles, Gregg, Chambliss, Allard, Smith, Warner, Bond chip in with questions to re-state Miguel's impressive personal, educational and legal record, debunk the lies that "Miguel" has a hot temper. Sen. Hatch says, yes, they can ask  - "without giving up his right to the floor" - and skillfully answers each and every one. (^:

 

Re. the Dems. claims that other requests for private memos had been granted: "If they had records they must have been leaked. They were not granted."

 

"They're (any private memos) not his to release even if he wanted to."

 

"They just don't like the fact that he is a conservative Republican hispanic."

 

"If our friends on the other side would prevail...that means no privileges would be respected in the Executive Branch of government."

 

 

Senator Hatch and the Republicans in the Senate are doing a fine job tonight! They are a team with a purpose.

[Aaron0617]

ORRIN still FIGHTIN!!!

Are they going all night?

[Semper911]

Arrrrg! FR was down forever! (Well, only about an hour, but that is forever in FRWorld.)

[chnsmok]

Hello? Are we back?

[Mo1]

DANG Posts still aren't showing

HATCH IS HOT!!!!

[Quicksilver]

Sen. Hatch is really fired-up!

[Carolinamom]

My connection to FR conked out. I've been trying to log back on, finally got here, but NOW I can't get beyond post #1258, no matter how many times I refresh. If anyone has a solution or explanation for how I can correct this, will you please freepmail me?

[hoosiermama]

Just got home! BUMP

[Miss Marple]

Attempting to post to see if it shows up. Trouble with the system.

[swheats]

How long will the Republicans be able to keep the floor. Hopefully they are all there to keep asking questions.

[harpo11]

I called my democrat senator's office today because she is a member of the Judiciary Committee. I asked her assistant who was extremely snotty why the senator opposes Estrada's nomination. The assistant said it was because he won't answer questions about his standing on Roe vs. Wade and Brown.

I then stated that I understood that he is doing the right thing in not answering those sort of questions.I said well, I don't understand why the senator is denying the first hispanic and a fine and honorable man who has high ranking and recommendation from the ABA to have this nomination approved.

She said well, a lot of hispanic groups are opposing his nomination and it is not the first time a hispanic was nominated and Bill Clinton nominated many that the republicans voted down.

I said so, it sounds like her opposition is because of partisan reasons, and I heard many groups are supporting him and it's just politics as usual. And she hung up on me.

[harpo11]

I called my democrat senator's office today because she is a member of the Judiciary Committee. I asked her assistant who was extremely snotty why the senator opposes Estrada's nomination. The assistant said it was because he won't answer questions about his standing on Roe vs. Wade and Brown.

I then stated that I understood that he is doing the right thing in not answering those sort of questions.I said well, I don't understand why the senator is denying the first hispanic and a fine and honorable man who has high ranking and recommendation from the ABA to have this nomination approved.

She said well, a lot of hispanic groups are opposing his nomination and it is not the first time a hispanic was nominated and Bill Clinton nominated many that the republicans voted down.

I said so, it sounds like her opposition is because of partisan reasons, and I heard many groups are supporting him and it's just politics as usual. And she hung up on me.