Once again, the GOP has tried to accomodate the obstructionism of the Democrats in the Senate. Bill Frist offered 100 hours of debate on each nominee to the Courts of Appeals, followed by an up or down vote on the nomination. The Democrats, of course, reject any solution that allows the will of the majority of Americans to be carried out.

Reid characterized the Frist offer in an interesting manner.

he Senate's top Democrat immediately expressed doubt about the proposal, calling it "a big wet kiss to the far right."

I suppose that we could therefore characterize the Democratic obstruction of the majority rule as the extended fellatio of the extreme left.

Senate Republicans must do something. Either invoke the nuclear option or insist that the Democrats engage in a real filibuster by speaking 24/7, resulting in the shut-down of all Senate business.

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1 Shush your silly babblings. Bush already nominated more than 200 judges and nearly all of 'em were approved except for 10 judges. That is less than 10 percent ... and you still whine?

R-

Posted by: Me is the Ridor at Fri Apr 29 21:28:34 2005 (nWmj6)

2 Well, Ridor, good to see you have mastered the DNC talking points -- which conveniently ignore that the judges approved were almost all District Court judges, not Appeals Court judges. Because of the unwarranted filibuster of judges deemed qualified under the standards announced by Leahy and Schumer in 2001 BEFORE THEY WERE NOMINATED, Bush has the lowest confirmation rate for Appeals Court judges in 50 years.

Now I realize that such facts get in the way of your meme, but truth is truth. Deal with it.

Posted by: Rhymes With Right at Sat Apr 30 02:30:24 2005 (40i+f)

3 Bada bing!

Posted by: mcconnell at Sat Apr 30 12:27:09 2005 (LmcbS)

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