[goldstategop]

No Conservatives Need Apply To The Federal Judiciary. The Commandment Of Chuckie Schumer and Ted Kennedy.

[spudsmaki]

Look at all the legislation and policy that Ronald Reagan passed by going over the heads of Democrats directly to the people. It can be done.

George Bush II engaged in the practice of triangulation. He put up nominees with appeal to conservatives to garner their support. He did it with the intention of not actually getting them confirmed, to appeal to liberals. He gets to have things both ways.

He's done it as often as his daddy did, but he thinks he'll still have his second term. Seeeeeeeeeeee yoooooooooooooou in Noveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeember, President Dean.

[SpinyNorman]

Would that our politicians had to enjoy such relentless scrutiny as these poor ba$tards must endure. Chuckie Schumer would certainly be in the toilet, as would that other NY senator.

It would be such poetic justice if Mr. Estrada ran against Chuckie in the next Senatorial election. It would be hard for him not to win, assuming of course, that Chuckie played fair, which is almost unimaginable.

On another note, Frist and the rest should be ashamed of the lackluster support they gave Estrada. If I were one of the other candidates being disputed, I would have to assume that I would be similarly left to twist in the wind. The Republican "leadership" has given the ultra left carte blanche to perform similar liberal exorcisms of those they consider "unfit" ("not Hispanic enough?") for public service. Thanks guys.

[LarryM]

Bush never really fought the Rats on this, just like he never fights the Rats on anything. Both the Rats and the Jihadists see him as a weakling. There is blood in the water. The question is whether his presidency will completely unravel in the next six months or he will toughen up and take on his enemies.

[Irene Adler]

Does anyone think that this whole Estrada nomination was deliberately done by Bush in part to get Hispanics mad at the Rats and increase Republican voting by Hispanics? My guess is that Bush would have been delighted if Estrada had been confirmed but that, on the other hand, he is not too unhappy to see Rats get tarred with the brush of being anti-Hispanic. Moving Hispanic voters into the Republican camp is pretty clearly a long-term plan of Bush's. I think the Estrada nomination was an early stage of the plan. I have seen one survey that shows that a significant percentage of Hispanics are quite aware of who Estrada is and what has happened to his nomination.

I really think this whole event was deliberate on Bush and Rove's part. Bush is looking at future significant Republican gains in a large and growing subpopulation of the U.S. If we could garner even half of the Hispanic vote, I think we would be in darn good shape in a lot of important states for a long time to come. Bush knows that. Remember, he has a Harvard MBA. The Harvard MBA program emphasizes strategic planning. I teach basic strategic planning in an intro. to management course on the university level. I believe I can recognize what Bush is trying to do regarding the Hispanic vote with the Estrada nomination and in a lot of smaller ways like giving speeches in Spanish.

[mikeb704]

Too much talk and not enough action

[Fred Mertz]

A Wake-Up Call - We failed Miguel Estrada and allowed Senate Democrats to erect a glass ceiling.

What's with the we stuff, kimosabe?

[Petronski]

"We?"

[Trueblackman]

Project 21 and the Coalition for a Fair Judiciary will hold a rally in front of the offices for People for the American Way, located at 2000 M Street, NW in Washington DC on Monday, September 8th at 10:00 AM EST to protest the appalling and unfair treatment of Miguel Estrada during his nomination to the DC Circuit Court of Appeals. Miguel Estrada was the first Hispanic nominated to the DC Circuit Court and was rated unanimously well qualified by the American Bar Association. Members of the coalition will meet at 9:30 am at Longfellow and Witherspoon Parks located at the corners of 18th Conn. Aves and M Street.

At 10:00am we will marry on the headquarters of People for the American Way.

[montag813]

"We failed Miguel Estrada..."

"WE" didn't fail. The failure was George W. Bush's. He failed completely to take this case to the people, and him and "Limp Wrist" Frist treated an honorable man like Estrada like a doormat. Bush stupidly spent the last 6 months doing the Saudi's bidding with the "Roadmap" to nowhere. He didn't spent one minute fighting for this nominee. What did he do with the 60-90% approval ratings over the last two years? Nothing but a watered-down tax cut. Will Bush fight for anything at all?

[JoeVortex]

It has now been several days since Miguel Estrada withdrew his nomination and I have not seen or heard any commentary on question: OK, what happens next in the Senate?

The status quo essentially hands Ted Kennedy and Charles Schumer veto power over Federal judicial appointments, and they are not going to back down. It anything, their success defeating the Estrada nomination with only encourage them to stand their ground. Therefore, the issue is not going to go away. It seems like Senate Majority Leader Frist has a small constitutional crisis on his hands.

Doing nothing in response and just letting things slide until after the next election in the hope that the Republicans will increase their majority does not seem like an effective way of mobilizing conservative voters to achieve that very result.

Whatever happened to the idea being suggested before the August recess of changing the Senate rules regarding executive appointments such they were not subject to the same rules of legislative debate regarding breaking the filibuster (i.e. the so called "nuclear option")?

[mabelkitty]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/976590/posts

READ THE FILIBUSTER FALL-OUT ON THIS THREAD! DISCRIMINATION NOW ENDORSED!

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Amazing article, and totally spot-on!

I wonder, however: will the apologia choir hereabouts now claim that Clarence Thomas' wife -- in stating, plainly, that the GOP leadership shares the blame for the criminally botched opportunity to get Estrada seated -- is also "disloyal," or "insufficiently Republican"...?

[votelife]

Lessons of the Estrada Defeat
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/976173/posts

[Capitalism2003]

Put your money where your mouth is folks.
Help more Republicans win Senate seats.

http://www.NRSC.org

[votelife]

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