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Politics : I Will Continue to Continue, to Pretend....
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To: Sully- who wrote (11872)7/5/2005 2:09:49 AM
From: Sully-   of 35834
 
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Michael Barone thinks that the Democrats will filibuster whomever Bush nominates because they are so dominated by liberal interest groups. (As I said the other day. I like it when I'm in accord with Michael Barone.)

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Nor is there any indication that People for the American Way or the Alliance for Justice will not oppose any Bush nominee with every ounce of strength they have.

These groups exist for the purpose of defeating Republican judicial nominees, and their financial supporters -- the big money people and those sending in small amounts in response to direct mail appeals -- would be furious if they meekly accept a Bush appointee as Republican senators accepted Stephen Breyer and Ruth Bader Ginsburg when they were nominated by Bill Clinton. Not opposing nominees would be an act of self-destruction for these groups, and Washington lobbying groups are not in the habit of self-destruction.

As for Democratic senators, they have almost unanimously accepted direction from these groups. As independent-minded and candid a senator as Russ Feingold of Wisconsin was seen reading questions to a Bush nominee off the papers supplied by these groups. A major Democratic constituency, the feminist left, expects a fight against any Bush nominee. The Democratic senators surely will not disappoint.

This means that Democrats will filibuster any Bush nominee, while the left groups attempt to tar them with any charge they can dream up.
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It all points back to the GOP 7 on the Gang of 14.

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