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Politics : I Will Continue to Continue, to Pretend....
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To: Sully- who wrote (23900)11/9/2006 9:01:04 PM
From: Sully-   of 35834
 
What about the Supreme Court?

Power Line

Ed Whelan argues that, even with the loss of the Senate, "there's still plenty of room to get another excellent Supreme Court justice - or even two or three more - confirmed." Ed is less optimistic about confirming good court of appeals judges because "it's far easier for Democrats to obstruct these nominees without arousing the public's attention."

I can't say that I share Ed's optimism with respect to Supreme Court nominees. With control of the Senate Judiciary Committee, the Dems can bottle up a nominee. On the Senate floor, Ed is correct that the Democratic leadership may be hard-pressed to get 50 votes against the next Alito or Roberts (should we be lucky enough to get such a nominee), since a number of red state Dems are up for re-election in 2008. But the leadership shouldn't have trouble getting the 41 votes needed to sustain a filibuster.

Ed notes that there is a political price to pay for such tactics. That's true. But I think the liberals will correctly perceive the swing vote on the Supreme Court as worth that price.

JOHN adds: There's this, too. If President Bush thought he had to dump Rumsfeld to placate (or disarm) the Democrats, how willing will he be to take on the consequences on nominating, say, Janice Rogers Brown? My guess is that the Democrats won't be put in a position where they have to filibuster.

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