Monday, May 16, 2005
No More Fooling Around With The Filibuster
This week is widely anticipated to be THE week that the filibuster is broken. Lord, I hope so, this is getting very, very old. However, I am not going to be surprised if is does not happen. Given the manner in which the Bolton nomination moved to the floor last week and the fact that even the Foreign Relations committee had a defector I understand the delays to date. This is not something we can do unless we know we have the votes.
Yesterday both sides claimed to have enough votes.
However, the pressure is building. The grass roots are getting angry. The Republican base is at risk here, and while many in that base do not understand the behind the curtain dealing sthat go on to stage manage a vote like this, they do know the longer it takes, the less actual will there is within the party to get done what they were elected to do. That kind of ineffectiveness is from what Ross Perot rose and cost the Republicans the White House last time.
The punidts are banging the drum ever more loudly as well. The Editors at NRO say it's time. They have gotten so worked up that they have opened a new blog just on judges -- that ought to create some pressure.
Jon Podhoretz is starting to call the Senate "bullies."
Even the usually calm and somewhat moderate Charles Krauthammer is stepping up the rhetoric.
PULL THE TRIGGER! If it is a dud, the world will know why and those people will not be long for their seats either. PULL THE TRIGGER! The time for civil debate is past, the time for war is here. PULL THE TRIGGER! We did not start the war, but it is up to us to finish it. PULL THE TRIGGER! IF we lose we live to fight another day. PULL THE TRIGGER! Those of us that contibuted, worked, and voted for you demand it.
Yesterday both sides claimed to have enough votes.
However, the pressure is building. The grass roots are getting angry. The Republican base is at risk here, and while many in that base do not understand the behind the curtain dealing sthat go on to stage manage a vote like this, they do know the longer it takes, the less actual will there is within the party to get done what they were elected to do. That kind of ineffectiveness is from what Ross Perot rose and cost the Republicans the White House last time.
The punidts are banging the drum ever more loudly as well. The Editors at NRO say it's time. They have gotten so worked up that they have opened a new blog just on judges -- that ought to create some pressure.
Jon Podhoretz is starting to call the Senate "bullies."
Even the usually calm and somewhat moderate Charles Krauthammer is stepping up the rhetoric.
This technique is defended by Democrats as traditional and rooted in history. What a fraud.With the base at risk it is time to pull the trigger, even if it is a dud. The base has shown a willingness to do what has to be done. In the last election the Republican majority was increased (highly unusual for a second term presidential election) and Tom Daschle was axed. Voinovich is not long for his seat, all it will take is a challenge in the primaries, the base will take care of the rest.
PULL THE TRIGGER! If it is a dud, the world will know why and those people will not be long for their seats either. PULL THE TRIGGER! The time for civil debate is past, the time for war is here. PULL THE TRIGGER! We did not start the war, but it is up to us to finish it. PULL THE TRIGGER! IF we lose we live to fight another day. PULL THE TRIGGER! Those of us that contibuted, worked, and voted for you demand it.
