Sessions: GOP Won't Block Vote on Sotomayor Nomination

The Washington Post ^ | July 16, 2009 | Robert Barnes, Amy Goldstein, and Paul Kane

[EveningStar]

Judge Sonia Sotomayor ended four days of testimony this afternoon with prospects of rapid confirmation to the Supreme Court improved, as a conservative Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee edged toward endorsing her and the panel's ranking Republican said the GOP would not block a vote on her nomination.

Shortly before the committee concluded its questioning of Sotomayor, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), the panel's senior GOP member, told Sotomayor he would "look forward to you getting that vote" by the time the Senate takes its annual summer break, slated to begin Aug. 7.

[Mmogamer]

Of course not, wouldn't want to take weeks to push her through unlike all of bush's nominees.. I really.. its just sickening that they get away with this,,,

[Sarah Barracuda]

RIP GOP. It was great knowing you

[anniegetyourgun]

Dog bites man story.

As I've been asking for weeks on end: What are we going to do after we get government-run healthcare, immigration "reform," EFCA, ENDA, hate crimes, cap-n-trade, etc.?

[pnh102]

Gee. What’s the point of voting GOP again?

[Ben Mugged]

Then what good are they?

[VicVega]

As we all know, this was exactly what we thought it was, a nice little dog and jackazz show.

Waste of time.

[GeronL]

Its not an election year and we conservatives are stupid

[stephenjohnbanker]

SJB’s Satanic Verses:

“Change you can believe in”

“Audacity of hope”

[tet68]

As I’ve been asking for weeks on end: What are we going to do after we get government-run healthcare, immigration “reform,” EFCA, ENDA, hate crimes, cap-n-trade, etc.?

Arrested.

[GeronL]

They were too scared to even mention her La Raza membership.

No Chamber for Frightened Old Men

They all need to resign. Every last one of them.

[SamuraiScot]

the panel's ranking Republican said the GOP would not block a vote on her nomination.

Um, WHY NOT?

[GeronL]

The judges were the reason we were supposed to vote GOP.

so much for that crap

[wilco200]

why are white “republican” politicians such cowards?

If sessions had just stood up and said “I’m going to do everything in my power to try and stop the confirmation of a racist who wants to rewrite the Constitution” he would have been a new STAR in the party.

As it stands, he’s no better than Jim Jeffords

[GeronL]

they skeered of being called racist. They never even asked her about La Raza, she’s a member. They too skeered.

[americanophile]

Sessions was great during the hearings. The GOP can't stop the nomination, so why bother holding it up with maneuvers that everyone knows will be turned into ‘the GOP hates Hispanics’ propaganda, and which the tone-deaf and ineffectual GOP will be unable to effectively counter. It's better to go for a straight patty line vote and make our feelings about allowing this unqualified bigot onto the Supreme Court.

[my small voice]

WHAT THE F%$# IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE???!!!!!

You know what? I am boycotting anything and everything that I even think is related to a liberal cause.

Call TODAY and cancel your papers, tell GM that they’ll never sell another car, turn off the TV, and DO NOT BUY from any advertiser that spends money with them!

The GOP is pure s&%t!!!!

[anniegetyourgun]

I'll be there by your side. It's coming to that.

There are very few of us though. Most are still deluded, or think we're just "in a cycle," or are busy calling their reps/senators.

[Albion Wilde]

Someone on another thread explained that she may not be as bad as many others Obama could name. It is likely that one of the other leftie SCOTUS justices will be forced to step down before the 2010 elections; so that it is better to have let her, a relative moderate, pass through with a little Senate spanking than to risk the resentful jackboot of a more leftist re-nomination.

[americanophile]

...then again, I like your formulation even better.