The senate does not nominate all they could do is block like they have been doing so it would be just like it is now.This will work out nicely when the GOP takes the senate back next election...Thanks dingy Harry.
Obama and the democrats need something to distract attention away from the never-ending ACA debacle.
This isn't going to work.
I'm sure that has a lot to do with their running this through today. Not sure the Bachmann, Palin, Hannity, Limbaugh crowd will be able to resist the temptation to start talking about atheist judges, though.
Using every ploy they can in DC to get all the libtards they can there before the inevitable happens.
What is the inevitable the only inevitable I see right now is the shrinking gop demographics and even if they take the senate next year they will have defend 13 more seats come 2016 and we all know democrats tend to get more votes in presidential election years than off years.
Oh and "libtards " I hope your not older than 14 cause that is pretty middle schoolish.
What is the inevitable the only inevitable I see right now is the shrinking gop demographics and even if they take the senate next year they will have defend 13 more seats come 2016 and we all know democrats tend to get more votes in presidential election years than off years.
Oh and "libtards " I hope your not older than 14 cause that is pretty middle schoolish.
The late Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., presented a powerful case against changing the rules back in 2010, when he said doing so would "destroy the uniqueness of this institution."
"In the hands of a tyrannical majority and leadership, that kind of emasculation of the cloture rule would mean that minority rights would cease to exist in the U.S. Senate," he said.
Yeah you all said the same before last election you know when Rassmussen,Morris, and all the other fox shills were telling you how it was gonna be and then it wasn't.
And for the record, I have mixed emotions about this. Thing is, there is no doubt in my mind but that if the roles were reversed and Dems were filibustering like the GOP has been for some time now, the GOP would be passing the same rule change.
I mean, I get that partisan politics has something to do with some nominations, for every president. But this has been ridiculous as of late.
Show the numbers where Obama's nominees are being held up longer than Bush's
What is the inevitable the only inevitable I see right now is the shrinking gop demographics and even if they take the senate next year they will have defend 13 more seats come 2016 and we all know democrats tend to get more votes in presidential election years than off years.
Oh and "libtards " I hope your not older than 14 cause that is pretty middle schoolish.
Do Obama Nominees Face Stiffer Senate Opposition? - Washington Wire - WSJ
Last paragraph of story
Mr. Obama is also the only one of the five most recent presidents whose average and median waiting time for circuit and district court nominees from confirmation to nomination was more than six months.
The New GOP Plan to Block Obama's Judicial Nominees | Mother Jones
3rd paragraph last sentence.
(Overall, Obama's judicial nominees have waited an average of 277 days before getting a confirmation vote, compared with 175 during the George W. Bush administration.)
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Do Obama Nominees Face Stiffer Senate Opposition? - Washington Wire - WSJ
Last paragraph of story
Mr. Obama is also the only one of the five most recent presidents whose average and median waiting time for circuit and district court nominees from confirmation to nomination was more than six months.
The New GOP Plan to Block Obama's Judicial Nominees | Mother Jones
3rd paragraph last sentence.
(Overall, Obama's judicial nominees have waited an average of 277 days before getting a confirmation vote, compared with 175 during the George W. Bush administration.)
Your Welcome