Thursday, November 17, 2005
Alito - It's Starting To Get Ugly
Harry Reid said:
I've expected the Dems to thrash all along, they have to, but I expected that thrashing to be the equivalent of a tantrum, much show, little action. Most prognosticators say the votes are there to invoke the constitutional option and thus break the filibuster, thus I expected the Dems to stop short of actually filibustering to keep that bit of egg off their faces. Now I'm not so sure.
By virtue of the Iraq resolution they can sense a softness in thier opponent, which means the tantrum might produce results. I don't think SCOTUS Justice Alito is forgone conclusion just yet.
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid on Wednesday said he has "significant concerns" about Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito, calling President Bush?s latest choice one of the most conservative judges in the United States.Bill "Gutless-on-Iraq" Frist said:
"A picture of Sam Alito is emerging that may explain why the extreme right-wing is popping champagne corks," Reid, D-Nev., said in a Senate speech, referring to a 20-year-old document in which Alito asserted "the Constitution does not protect a right to an abortion."
Frist, writing in The Chicago Tribune last week, said: "If members of the Democratic minority persist in blocking a vote on Alito's nomination, the Senate will have no choice" but to forbid such tactics....I'm starting to get a bad feeling here. First did a virtually complete cave-in to the Dems on the Iraq resolution Tuesday.
...Amy Call, a Frist spokesman, said, "The leader will assure that Judge Alito gets a fair up-or-down vote."
The Republican resolution, sponsored by Majority Leader Bill Frist of Tennessee and Armed Services Committee Chairman John Warner of Virginia, largely mirrored a Democratic resolution, except for Democrats' key requirement for a withdrawal plan.That does not give me a lot of confidence about his tough talk on Alito -- particularly at a time when the Dems are starting to get bold too.
I've expected the Dems to thrash all along, they have to, but I expected that thrashing to be the equivalent of a tantrum, much show, little action. Most prognosticators say the votes are there to invoke the constitutional option and thus break the filibuster, thus I expected the Dems to stop short of actually filibustering to keep that bit of egg off their faces. Now I'm not so sure.
By virtue of the Iraq resolution they can sense a softness in thier opponent, which means the tantrum might produce results. I don't think SCOTUS Justice Alito is forgone conclusion just yet.
