Time to Take Off the Gloves

Reps May Trump Dems With Technical Rule

Ohpleaseohpleaseohpleaseohpleaseohplease. I hope they do this.

Question: why is it always Reps that need to compromise?

The article says, at one point, “this proposed tactic is that it might destroy whatever is left of the working relationship between Democrats and Republicans.” So what? The Dems have already declared war and are doing everything they can to block the President’s agenda. They have thwarted the will of the Constitution by requiring a de facto supermajority to approve judicial nominees. They are using a parliamentary trick to deny nominees their opportunity to have a vote in the Senate. So what’s the problem in using a parliamentary trick to stop them from their underhanded moves? NOTHING.

The Democrats have long talked about how the Reps need to play nice and not play hardball. Anybody remember the disaster known as "power sharing" while the Reps were in the majority? What happened when the Dems regained control? Where'd "power sharing" go then? No. When they are in charge, they can do whatever they want and they justify it because what they are doing is too important to compromise. But let the Reps try to advance their agenda and then, all of a sudden, the "working together" lines come out again. Screw 'em. The Reps have lived in this fantasy world for long enough. They are not going to be any different when they get the power back - regardless of whether or not the Reps play nice right now. They will unashamedly advance their agenda. All I suggest is that the Reps do what the Dems have been doing for years.

Hatch group may go ‘nuclear’ on judges=TheHill.com=

Plan would limit use of Rule XXII in Dem filibusters By Alexander Bolton and Geoff Earle
Several senior Republican senators are seeking wider party backing for a bold plan that would break the Democrats’ filibuster of President Bush’s judicial nominees.

Their approach calls for employing a rarely used parliamentary tactic to overturn current Senate procedures.

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