[Ragtime Cowgirl]

FYI.

Also from the same Fort Wayne website:

Democrats' opposition to Estrada is outrageous
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service

(KRT) - The following editorial appeared in the Providence Journal on Friday, Feb. 14:

(excerpts)

The decision of Senate Democrats to filibuster the nomination of Miguel Estrada to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia is unfortunate, to say the least. Democrats are now in the position not only of turning away a nominee rated "highly qualified" by the American Bar Association, but of rejecting a onetime Supreme Court clerk and Honduran immigrant who graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School, for political reasons.

.....Make no mistake: Senate Democrats are worried that President Bush might nominate conservative lawyers and jurists to the federal bench. But that is no reason to reject a highly qualified nominee. Just as Bill Clinton appointed judicial liberals to the federal bench - including three Supreme Court justices - it stands to reason that Mr. Bush will nominate conservatives.

The process is called democracy. Democrats may not like the results of the 2000 presidential election, but their recourse is to win back the White House in 2004, not to subject distinguished nominees like Miguel Estrada to political torture.

[votelife]

This goes back to the Recount, but the hard-core left still seems pretty passionate about Bush stole the election. John Edwards on with Chris Matthews in front of a black college had a VERY hard time saying Bush was legitimately ELECTED president. He kept trying to say, he's the legitimate president, no doubt trying to keep seeds of doubt alive about the election. With that kind of thinking out there, liberals think Daschle et all have an OBLIGATION to keep conservatives of the court. I guess we'll have to give them an even bigger surprise in 2004.

[Cicero]

The Democrats dragged Clarence Thomas through the mud. He has been a distinguished jurist on the Supreme Court.

I'm not sure why we're arguing about this, since we're all on the same page, as far as I know.