We all agree that all Bush's nominees deserve a Senate confirmation vote.
I *also* state that the nominees deserve confirmation ... because they do.
"You and I agree that all of the president's nominees deserve confirmation (but I've not seen the closed-door reports - so I could be persuaded otherwise) ..."
When the worst the Dems can come up with is that some of these nominees were in the Federalist Society, or (yikes) dared to say something pro-life, I am *sure* they all deserve confirmation and will be assets to the bench.
NOT A SINGLE NOMINEE THAT WAS FILIBUSTERED HAD THEIR COMPETENCE QUESTIONED.
Of course the LibDems will vote against the best conservative Judges, but in a fair world all of these stalled Judges would sail through with 80+ votes in favor.
One of my fears is that our RINO contingent will 'throw' a vote or two to the Dems to avoid a filibuster while taking down a qualified judge. We need to avoid that, hence my statement "these Judges deserve confirmation".
A reasonable post. I will trust that the Senators (R) will not vote against someone unless there is reason to do so.
I expect all to be confirmed, except possibly one - only one.