LIVE THREAD - Senate Debate on John G. Roberts for Chief Justice (Confirmed by a vote of 78 - 22)

CSpan ^ | Sept. 29, 2005

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[newzjunkey]

Why? Because I'm skeptical about Roberts. And he gets us *nothing*. He's no better than the late Chief Rehnquist. If he'd replaced O'Conner you could argue it was an improvement.

[OESY]

Pat Leahy: George Bush must keep his promise to be a Uniter, not a Divider. He must stop refuting out claim that he is the new Hitler or, failing that, the new Bull Connor.

[Cboldt]

Below list per CSPAN - This will be anticlimatic, FWIW.

21 Announced NAY

Bayh
Biden
Boxer
Cantwell
Clinton
Corzine
Dayton
Durbin
Feinstein
Harkin
Inouye
Kennedy
Kerry
Lautenberg
Mikulski
Obama
Reed
Reid
Sarbanes
Schumer
Stabenow

2 Uncommitted

Akaka
Rockefeller

[commonguymd]

I totally agree. I feel like I would be celebrating a "hope", and I would have to have a lot of "faith" that Bush would nominate a real conservative since this one is a stealth candidate imo. He told me he was a fiscal conservative too. hmmmm. Since he has failed in that regard, my next reason for voting for him was that he would hopefully make the right choices for Supreme Court replacements. Now I have to operate on "trust".

Sorry, I don't feel like celebrating either. But I still hold out hope I guess.

[Robe]

Keep it wet , I'll call Seaworld !!!

[rwa265]

He'll be doing some swearing, but it won't be swearing in.

[goodolemr]

Spector speaking. I'll be honest, I'm bored listening to him ramble on.

[fzx12345]

77-21, according to the C-SPAN projection; official vote at 11:30 Eastern. Hillary and Kerry both voting no.

[rightinthemiddle]

Back door, Woo...back door!

(actor is a Bush-basher)

[rwa265]

You sound like your series.

[rightinthemiddle]

Evan Bayh...again?

I thought he could be converted from the Dark Side. You know he's running for President now.

[rwa265]

Although 15 or so Dims have said they will vote for Roberts, your point is well taken. I'm not holding my breath.

[TaxRelief]

If the next Dem presidential candidate comes from the nay list, he will lose. Americans believe in a firm judiciary more than any other political issue. In NC the entire state government is run by Dems. The only place where NC voters will consistently put Republicans is in the State Supreme Court and in Federal Office. To counter this, the state government has now made judicial elections non-partisan.

Let's hope the Dems choose their candidate from the nay list:

Bayh
Biden
Boxer
Cantwell
Clinton
Corzine
Dayton
Durbin
Feinstein
Harkin
Inouye
Kennedy
Kerry
Lautenberg
Mikulski
Obama
Reed
Reid
Sarbanes
Schumer
Stabenow
Akaka
Rockefeller

[Sacajaweau]

btt

[A Citizen Reporter]

Dingy Harry's head is about to spin right off.

Chuckie Schumer's "softball" questions about the "illegal amigoes" memos? You RATS are feelin' a little sick this morning, it seems.

[rwa265]

UNANIMOUS CONSENT AGREEMENT--NOMINATION OF JOHN ROBERTS -- (Senate - September 26, 2005)

It wouldn't surprise me if Hitlery is pushing for this so she doesn't have to go on record with an individual vote.

[mhking]

Harry's got mush for brains, yes?

[maryz]

What's Dingy Harry babbling on about? (I tuned in late.) Who's John Lewis? The labor leader?