Nominee Watch: Pickering The Target This Time
Senate Democrats succeeded again today in blocking the elevation of Judge Charles W. Pickering Sr. to a federal appeals court, thus prolonging a two-year drama with elements of history, race relations and bare-knuckle politics.
The Senate voted, 54 to 43, to end a parliamentary delay by Democrats and move on to the nomination itself. However, Senate rules require 60 votes to end such a delay, or filibuster, so Judge Pickering's nomination remains stalled.
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Matt's Chat
What is that I smell? Ahh, pure partisan gridlock... Stinks, don't it? What I find most interesting about this one is that the Democrats appear to be harping on the nominee's past. When a liberal is being challenged for their past (Clinton, for example), said past is considered irrelevant. People change, they say. Indeed.
Mark's Remarks
Well, people only change, apparently, if they are liberal....if you are conservative, or claim to have those leanings, every sin you ever committed is paraded out. Well, I hope the Republicans make the Dems go through a real filibuster, not the crap we have seen in other nominations.......
