As a follow up to last night's post, I want to clarify my position.
The majority of Americans weren't paying close attention to the fillibuster debate, and if they were, they only heard the names Janice Rogers Brown and Priscilla Owen. If they heard those names, they heard that they were evil conservative radicals who would ban abortion, ban homosexuality and do all those other things that evil conservatives do.
Those two women will be confirmed in the next week or so. That is why this is a win for the Republicans and President Bush. The Donkeys vilified these two women and now they will be sitting on very high courts with the agreement of the Democrats.
In PR terms--generally the only terms that matter in Washington--the public will only remember that these two judges that were dragged through the mire are going to be on the bench. If they were so poorly qualified, why did the Democrats allow them to be two of the judges that will voted upon by the full Senate?
Look, this whole thing will fall apart when a Supreme Court nominee is put to the Senate Judiciary Committee. Just like campaign finance, John McCain got his mug on the front page but didn't solve the problem.
This isn't over by a long shot, only delayed.
Some are in a pissy mood over this and some agree.
Tuesday, May 24, 2005
Going non-Nuclear
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I agree with you that the Dem's look somewhat weak on this issue by letting through those two judges, but my guess is it was strategy and placement (which courts) and not so much acceptable vs. unacceptable that guided their logic. My hope is that when and if a Supreme Court nomination is made that Bush nominates someone, conservative or whatever, who won't polarize the parties or nation so much. I mean, there will always be opposition but I feel there must be 100's of conservative judges out there who are qualified and won't cause WW3 when it comes to confirmation.
On a side note, while you are right that average Americans weren't paying attention, I believe this fight was really important.
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