Posted on 10/31/2005 3:12:28 AM PST by kcvl
well if Alito is the man, it figures.
I picked Alito last night, Alito is a fellow "Yalee."
Effin Freepers (none / 0)
Are over there screaming FIGHT FIGHT! All they want is the nuclear option to go down.
Why do freepers hate America?
Failure
by Ludi on Mon Oct 31, 2005 at 03:39:38 AM PDT
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/10/31/63127/768
YYou darn America-haters, you!!!
;0)
-good times, G.J.P. (Jr.)
I did read that, but it seemed you were implying that their support would be begrudging, that they were simply 'jumping on the bandwagon' rather than sincerely supporting Alito.
In contrast, I believe that Coulter, Kristol et. al will sincerely and enthusiastically support Alito.
Gang of 14 on sidelines
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1512460/posts
The so-called Gang of 14 senators who brokered a deal on federal judicial nominees in May will meet again today and discuss the Supreme Court vacancy.
But they will neither seek a leadership role on this issue yet nor expand their interest beyond judges, a key member of the group said yesterday.
“We are not trying to emerge as a force or usurp leadership,” Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said at The Hill’s Policy and Politics breakfast. “Most senators are glad we averted [a filibuster] by coming together.”
McCain commended the White House for reaching out to both sides of the aisle to try to avoid partisan fighting about the upcoming nomination of a successor to Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. He said a smooth confirmation for the nominee would benefit Congress as well as the White House.
But he hinted that the Gang of 14 remained ready in place if partisanship among pressure groups infected the Senate debate. Constituents “are getting very weary about us fighting each other all the time,” McCain said, adding that the “far right and far left cranked up their propaganda machines” the moment that O’Connor announced her retirement from the Supreme Court on July 1.
After seven Democrats and seven Republicans made their deal in May to prevent both the “nuclear option” and a filibuster, political observers speculated that the Gang could operate over a wide legislative front.
McCain’s remarks yesterday set aside those of fellow Gang member Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who told Chris Matthews in a May 23 interview, “Watch this group of 14 to come out with some deal for Social Security.” McCain yesterday said he did not expect any movement on Social Security during this Congress.
Tom Gavin, a spokesman for Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.), said that the group will probably discuss the impending Supreme Court nomination today but that there was no set agenda.
Rodell Mollineau, spokesman for Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.), said the senators will “talk about the O’Connor vacancy, to make sure everyone is on the same page.”
Mollineau and Gavin added that there are no current plans to talk about Social Security.
When asked about Social Security, McCain said that in hindsight Congress should have emphasized the problem facing the institution rather than private accounts, which polarized the issue.
Dan
Great, when are you going to pull the troops out of Iraq, bring them home and prosecute them for war crimes? And don't forget opening the borders for lots of new voters. Of course we don't want them working, but we do want them in unions working on your campaign.
I suppose some will give George credit for this pick but I'm sure the reality is that George got convinced he better listen to the people that put him in office...
I can't believe that being a Catholic even enters into the equation.
I love a good ol' fistfight with the blood and beer bottles flyin'!
Bravo to "W" !!!!
Huh?
"Whether WE like it or not, if Specter nixes a judicial nominee, that person WILL be defeated."
Both Specter and Alito have Yale in their blood. Specter will vote for him.
I don't like them either. And if he gets called that all the time it may later plant a subtle impulse to differentiate himself from Scalia.
The President in on TV announcing Alito as his pick
Perhaps they've realized that the conservatives have been woken up~!
President speaking now: "I am pleased to announce Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court of the United States."
Bush on C-Span now with Alito
ON C-SPAN1
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