Cracks in the Estrada Filibuster?

The Hill ^ | 2/20/03 | Byron York

[votelife]

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[votelife]

Check this out!

http://www.thelatinocoalition.org/news/pdf/EstradaRollCallAd.pdf

[votelife]

The above link is an ad the Latino Coalition recently ran in Roll Call.

[Tacis]

Never noticed before, but why do the democrats hate Hispanics so bad?

[PhiKapMom]

Bryon York needs to get is facts straight. It is Ben Nelson of Nebraska and he is fully on board and will be voting for Estrada.

Bill Nelson of FL has said that he will most likely support a vote to invoke cloture.

[Bahbah]

Very nice. The Democrats should check it out to see just how popular they are making themselves with hispanics. Hehehe

[GiveEmDubya]

Let the Dems read the phone book in a filibuster. There will be hell to pay in the Hispanic community. I remember hearing on Rush, the day after the debate went into the early morning hours, a slew of Hispanics called in and vowed never to vote Democrat again. They will be bringing political misfortune upon themselves.

[scooby321]

Bill Nelson has alot of Cuban Voters in Florida

[sr4402]

The Democrats are trying to break Attorney-Client privilege by requeseting Solicitor General materials. The client here is the Justice Department and if democrats were to succeed it would politicize the Justice department and they know it. Their purpose, therefore, is to destroy the government of the United States.

[AndyTheBear]

In my view, asking Mr Estrada about how he is likely to rule on issues, is essentialy trying to extend the power of the Legislator over the Judiciary. I find Mr Daschelle's insastance on such answers "deeply disturbing". Approriate questions are limited to his qualifications and gasp moral character.

[Enterprise]

I think the hispanic voters went into meltdown when they said Estrada wasn't a "good hispanic." The man is educated, he is a good role model, and he has morals. No doubt to the RATS, that qualifies him as "not good."

[D. Miles]

Could it be that Latino's are family orinated, hard working, and about to replace Blacks as the majority minority?

[justshutupandtakeit]

Just sent a letter (a real letter not an email) to Russ Feingold telling him of my great disappointment that a man whom I believed to have some integrity and desire for fair play would go along with such and extra-constitutional action as the Senate RATS have done.

Next Blanche Lincoln, Mark Pryor and Biden. If we can peal off 5 "moderates" we will seal the deal. Bob Graham and Nelson of Florida are also possibles.

[deport]

A slant we haven't heard the smear machine discussing as of yet......

• “ Beyond this one query, your letter does not pose any additional questions to [Estrada],” Gonzales said. “Additionally, neither of you has posed any written questions to Mr. Estrada in the more than three months since his all-day committee hearing.”
  
• But Gonzales went out of his way to point out that some high-level Democrats have already seen the documents. The papers were, after all, written by Estrada during his time in the Clinton Justice Department. “It also is important to recognize that [Clinton] political appointees have read virtually all of the memoranda in question,” Gonzales wrote, “namely, the Democrat Solicitors General Drew Days, Walter Dellinger, and Seth Waxman.”
  
• That’s another unspoken suggestion to Democrats: If you want to know more about the memos, ask the Democrats who have seen them. Days, Dellinger, and Waxman
• ...a section of the ABA's rules on judicial conduct that states:
  "A candidate for judicial office shall not make pledges or promises of conduct in office other than the faithful and impartial performance of the duties of the office [or] make statements that commit or appear to commit the candidate with respect to cases, controversies or issues that are likely to come before the court."

[cricket]

Would Estrada win a straight 'up/down' vote?

[cricket]

"A few more such meetings, along with some reassuring words about the content of the Justice Department memos, and some moderate Democratic minds might change."

. . .Repubs need to fight harder! . . .and Gw as well.

[Howlin]

Everybody keeps getting the wrong "Ben" in these stories!

[GiveEmDubya]

Nelson and Graham (if he runs for another term after all) would be hurting themselves badly by going against this Hispanic nominee, which is why they may end up voting for cloture.

[OldFriend]

The elitist dems expect the minorities to stay in their place at ALL times. No thinking for yourself and NO NO NO ever being an honorable person with integrity and determination.

[AndyTheBear]

Never noticed before, but why do the democrats hate Hispanics so bad?

They don't hate them--they just use them like they do everybody else. They view this paticular Hispanic of not knowing his place, just as they view any minority that does not pay devout lip service to the social programs they graciosly bestowed upon what they view as lesser mortals.