I'm kind of rooting for the Republicans to attempt to break the deal first, since I'm not all that happy with it (after letting Owens though, the standard for "extraordinary circumstances" is now so high that the "nuclear option" might as well have been passed).
What a fine day for American Jurisprudence!
Now, the standard for service as a judge in this nation has been brought down so low that any amateur can take up the job!
Owen certainly can be shown to be unqualified to be a law clerk much less a judge! Take a gander at the opinion of her peers as to her qualifications:
With 350 responses, the Houston Bar Association Judicial Evaluation Poll rated Priscilla R. Owen Outstanding 39.5% (138 responses), Acceptable 15.2% (53 responses), Poor 45.3% (158 responses).
Posted by pessimist at May 25, 2005 11:32 AMAnd that deal is that Scalia gets the Chief Justiceship and a right-moderate gets the associate seat. Without a lot of bullshit from the Left.
Reid can say that Thomas is a dope all he wants, but no one can say that of Scalia. The Supreme Court nominations will go smoothly for the President. I guarantee it.
Posted by Toby Petzold at May 25, 2005 11:54 AMThat will happen Toby because it will not affect the ideological balance of the current court. If a center-left vacancy comes up and Bush nominates anyone who would change the balance of the court, we will be back to this point again and the nuclear option will get another chance to see the light of day, as it should.
Posted by Steve Soto at May 25, 2005 12:05 PM"Senate Dems can see that 1) the word of GOP Senate negotiators is worthless" - Steve,do you think that there are Dems who actually believe the GOP is negotiating in good faith? Aside from the GOPDEM Lieberman, which of them do you think believes that the Bush/Rove Congress is actually interested in bi-partisan resolutions? I personally can't see how any of them cannot see through the Bush manipulations by now. Do you think they are that dumb? Could they be as dumb as Bush?
Posted by T2 at May 25, 2005 01:10 PMI guarantee it.
hmmm, just like you guaranteed Osama was dead.
T2:
Yeah, I think that Joe Lieberman still thinks they can be trusted, and probably to a lesser degree Nelson does. Landrieu knows better, but votes gender and local politics above party all the time.
Posted by Steve Soto at May 25, 2005 02:16 PMIn a floor speech yesterday, Lindsey Graham hinted that Brown would not be confirmed. Can't remember his exact words, but he specifically mentioned Owen and Pryor (?) would be confirmed and didn't mention Brown. At least that was what I got out of it.
Since Brown is nominated for the DC court, which as I understand it, is second only to the Supremes, it's probably more important to keep her off that court (if one of the three is to be rejected).
Frist did his usual spinning yesterday, saying that Owen would be confirmed with broad bipartisan support. Ooooo-kaaaaay... two Dems voted for, one against. Fristy has a weird idea of what broad bipartisan support means, I guess.
Frist and Graham also nixed the idea that the deal means the nuclear option is off the table. The Rethugs can't be trusted!!!
Posted by Hannah at May 25, 2005 03:20 PMOoops, left out a word: two Dems voted for, one REPUB voted against.
Posted by Hannah at May 25, 2005 03:20 PMga6thdem:
hmmm, just like you guaranteed Osama was dead.
Touche.
But I'm thinking you've remembered that instance of my being wrong because you're so unaccustomed to taking responsibility for your own mistakes. It's the rarity of the thing that sticks in the mind.
Posted by Toby Petzold at May 25, 2005 06:49 PMSoto:
we will be back to this point again and the nuclear option will get another chance to see the light of day, as it should.
Did you mean to write that? Or are you so sure that the American people are going to take offense at the Senate simply taking an up or down vote that it will benefit your party in the next cycle? I wouldn't count on that, but your cynicism is something else, Steve!
Posted by Toby Petzold at May 25, 2005 06:52 PMMary Landrieu is hot.
Posted by Toby Petzold at May 25, 2005 06:53 PMI'm talking realism not cynicism Toby. The moment the GOP goes back on its deal and then tries to eliminate the filibuster for a Supreme Court nominee, the Dems win the 2006 midterms. I'll bet you a sixpack on that right now.
Posted by Steve Soto at May 25, 2005 11:57 PMI've wondered if Brown wasn't the one that was going to lose on an up-or-down vote, and of the three she's poised to do the most damaging on the DC court. If they managed to keep her off of that alone is a good day's work.
Posted by firedoglake at May 26, 2005 12:18 AMLOL! Take responsiblity? LOL! Toby you don't take responsiblity for anything. You are responsible for the rising fundamentalism in this country. You voted for it. Lets see: Timothy McVeigh-=atheist, TP=atheist. So by your simplistic logic Bill Clinton would have been perfectly justified to hold you in a cell, have the army smear your body with feces and then make you lick the feces off after the OKC bombings.
Other funny things you have said: Bush playing kissy face and holding hands with Bandar is a fake: hahahahahahahahahah
Sadaam hid his WMD's in Syria! hahahahahahahahaha!
Man, when are you going to get out of your fantasy world? Oh, that's right: never. Jr. is your bright shining hero because he kills muslims. However, you nor him are brave enough to do it yourself.
The problem is that I've been right more times than you and you can't stand it. Have fun trying to turn America into a fundamentalist theocracy I and every other patriotic American will fight you every step of the way!
Posted by ga6thdem at May 26, 2005 03:42 AM