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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mr. Palau who wrote (676259)	3/21/2005 2:27:49 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 769670

Playing poker over judges Democrats will be playing high-stakes poker if they make good on their promise to shut down the Senate in response to Republicans pushing through President Bush's judicial nominees on a simple majority vote. Their concession that they would permit issues of national security to proceed will do little to blunt the accusation of obstructionism. Until now, Americans have had two story lines regarding the judges mess to choose from: A) President Bush nominates extremist judges, or B) Democrats obstruct. Polls show that most Americans don't have specific knowledge about the Bush nominees, but they generally think that Democrats have been obstructionists. The issue of obstructionism has helped delivered a handful of Senate seats to Republicans, including the one held by former Minority Leader Tom Daschle of South Dakota. By stopping all Senate business, Democrats will broaden the perception of "obstructionism" beyond just judges. And that might well hand the Republicans a filibuster-proof Senate in which Democrats will be even less able to stop future nominations. -- Charles Hurt, congressional reporter