Posted on 05/20/2005 4:32:53 AM PDT by ken5050
Good morning fellow Freepers and political junkies. It's day three of the Senate debate on judicial nominations, the filabuster, and will the GOP stick to its guns? The hot rumor this mornign is that Warner and Sheets are working together on a compromise..Gawd..
Tom Osborne had the best qote yesterday on all the compromise rumors.. Basically he said "no way it can happen, but all these people just like to talk a lot" You gotta really like the guy.
As we await the start of festivities today, you might opine as to whom you think has been most effective on the Senate floor, and in the pressers.
And, oh yeah, I have ONE question:
"Where's Hillary?"
Obviously, the titular leader, and self-appointed nominee of the Dem party is choosing NOT to lead from the front, but rather to duck and cower in the background. I don't think the strategy will work. Can she continue to remain silent on the issue upon which her party has rolled the political dice?
TGIF..here we are..
Indeed.
FYI
Thank you for the thread, Ken.
Morning, ken. I wonder if the dems will have anything new and fresh to say or if it will be same old same old. They are the embodiment of the word "demagogue."
Thanks, but all I do is start the thing...it's a community effort..you know.."it takes a village to confirm a judge"
This Warner/Sheets thing is really a hoot. What I think is really happening is that the Dems are looking for a way out, any way out, and Frist would like to give it to them..but there isn't one..any deal that lets the Dems keep the opton to filabuster under "extra-ordinary circumstance only puts the fight off a few months until Rehnquist retires. No, the battlefield is prepped...do it now...we have them on the run..
Sheets is working on a compromise? I'm against ANYTHING that man works on. Period.
The rubber will hit her road when she has to start showing her hand on all the related votes coming up next week, maybe even today.
However, I believe her calculation is that most people will forget her votes a couple of years from now, but it's harder to forget if her face is mouthing off on TV all through this protracted judgeship issue.
She continues to be quite smart in her strategery. Don't underestimate the Hildebeest.
Leni
Important stuff..the rumored compromsie would have the President offered a pre-approved pool of nominees for Supreme Court vacancies.chosen by Senators of both parties...he would choose from those names..I can't believe Warner would sign onto that..It usurps Presidential power...
Today is over at 2:00. The 17:30 event is scheduled for Monday, and will be a motion to compel attendance or some such.
Today's schedule ... (I'll get a link to Congressional Record in a few) ...:
09:40 - 10:00 - GOP Control
10:00 - 10:30 - DEM
10:30 - 11:00 - GOP
11:00 - 11:30 - DEM
11:30 - 12:00 - GOP
12:00 - 12:30 - DEM
12:30 - 13:00 - GOP
13:00 - 13:45 - DEM
13:45 - 14:00 - GOP
Monday is also to be debate. There will be a vote at 17:30 on Monday, which will be on a motion to instruct members attendance (presumably attendance for Tuesday or later).
More details will be provided tomorrow, regarding the planned procedure, timing for votes, etc.
I think Monday will also be mosty debate. A redeaux of Thursday, more or less.
Thanks for the info...my bad..to much going on..but when will Frist file the cloture motion..it has to be today, right?
I have no words. Well, I do. But I'd get banned.
09:40 - 10:00 - GOP Control
10:00 - 10:30 - DEM
10:30 - 11:00 - GOP
11:00 - 11:30 - DEM
11:30 - 12:00 - GOP
12:00 - 12:30 - DEM
12:30 - 13:00 - GOP
13:00 - 13:45 - DEM
13:45 - 14:00 - GOP
Monday is also to be debate. There will be a vote at 17:30 on Monday, which will be on a motion to instruct members attendance (presumably attendance for Tuesday or later). More details will be provided at the close of business today, regarding the planned procedure, timing for votes, etc.
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Ken,
Are you disappointed in Santorum's reference to Hitler and the Dems yesterday?
Seems to me we jumped the shark a bit...
The timing of filing of a cloture motion is up to the 16 Senators who porpose it. It can come ANY time in the course of debate.
If Frist is honestly telegraphing his plan, then he will file the motion today, debate will continue on Monday, then one hour after business open on Tuesday a vote is taken on the cloture motion. All of that dovetails with the desctiption made at close of business yesterday.
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