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

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (681067)	4/29/2005 10:38:56 AM
From: Mr. Palau	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

>>Never in the history of the Republic have filibusters been used to prevent a vote on nominees.<< Not according to the website of the GOP dominated Senate: "Filibuster Derails Supreme Court Appointment" "Dirksen and others withdrew their support. Although the committee recommended confirmation, floor consideration sparked the first filibuster in Senate history on a Supreme Court nomination. On October 1, 1968, the Senate failed to invoke cloture. Johnson then withdrew the nomination." senate.gov

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (681067)	4/29/2005 10:50:33 AM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

"only 50% ...have had votes." Really? Well, Bush is only 100 days into his second term. Hardly fair to compare a FOUR YEAR record to a full two term record. (Give it time... so you aren't comparing different baselines.) If you compare the first Bush term to the first Clinton term (a favorable comparision for you, I believe, because Clinton had even fewer nominees confirmed in his second term), I believe the statistics are nearly identical --- with a slight edge to Bush, well over 90% confirmation success. "Never in the history of the Republic have filibusters been used to prevent a vote on nominees." Er... that's just not true.