It seems like Alito is being prepared to be "Bork-o-lized" so all they're really doing is stretching the process of replacing Sandra Day "I'm hopelessly devoted to you" O'Connor by having the vote be in January if it's predicted he will infact be "Bork-o-lized". Is it just bad luck with W in appointing a new justice or can he just not find a qualified person?
Despite Bush's low poll numbers and his generally perceived political weakness, I don't believe the Democrats will be capable of pulling off a "borking" of Alito for the following reasons: (1) lack of a Senate majority; (2) the blogosphere, which fact checks and pierces more BS balloons than the MSM; (3)the "Gang of 14" agreement, whose GOP members are quietly falling into place on behalf Alito's nomination.
Alito is an eminently qualified nominee whose belief system, especially re the role of the supreme court, is different from that of the Dems. As you listen to the hemming and hawing over the weeks and months about Alito's "extreme views", think back on the positions that Ruth Bader Ginsburg held at the time of her nomination: the constitutional right to prostitution; the constitutional right to bigamy; lowering the age of consent to 12 years; and the elimination of Mothers' and Fathers' Day as being gender biased.
Thank you, Joel - I couldn't recall the exact vote. I think we can agree that the 96-3 vote is not going to occur with Alito. My contention is that the closer vote on Alito is not a reflection of how much more "extreme" Alito is than Ginsburg was, but rather the dramatic increase in partisanship over supreme court nominees.
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It seems like Alito is being prepared to be "Bork-o-lized" so all they're really doing is stretching the process of replacing Sandra Day "I'm hopelessly devoted to you" O'Connor by having the vote be in January if it's predicted he will infact be "Bork-o-lized". Is it just bad luck with W in appointing a new justice or can he just not find a qualified person?
Alito is qualified. He's just not the same ideology as O'Connor. And the Dems want a someone who would vote like O'Connor did.
Sure they'd want someone that's less conservative, but enough democrats will probably vote for him, based on his qualifications.
http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/18/0159256
Despite Bush's low poll numbers and his generally perceived political weakness, I don't believe the Democrats will be capable of pulling off a "borking" of Alito for the following reasons: (1) lack of a Senate majority; (2) the blogosphere, which fact checks and pierces more BS balloons than the MSM; (3)the "Gang of 14" agreement, whose GOP members are quietly falling into place on behalf Alito's nomination.
Alito is an eminently qualified nominee whose belief system, especially re the role of the supreme court, is different from that of the Dems. As you listen to the hemming and hawing over the weeks and months about Alito's "extreme views", think back on the positions that Ruth Bader Ginsburg held at the time of her nomination: the constitutional right to prostitution; the constitutional right to bigamy; lowering the age of consent to 12 years; and the elimination of Mothers' and Fathers' Day as being gender biased.
If memory serves, Ginsburg was confirmed 99-0.
Ginsburg was confirmed 96-3
Thank you, Joel - I couldn't recall the exact vote. I think we can agree that the 96-3 vote is not going to occur with Alito. My contention is that the closer vote on Alito is not a reflection of how much more "extreme" Alito is than Ginsburg was, but rather the dramatic increase in partisanship over supreme court nominees.
It all seems like a big parlor game. Interesting to watch but to what end?
Does anyone govern anymore?
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