Tuesday, April 26, 2005
Filibuster bingo...
One of the frustrations of Republicans like me is how in the world we can manage to win elections and still govern like a timid majority. Elections have consequences. Elections with the greatest turnout since 1968 and a resounding win by an excess of 3 million votes have even bigger consequences. And foremost among those consequences is getting to pick judges.
Despite being the majority in the Senate, the R's are letting the D's set the tone. This filibuster maddness is your basic minority delaying tactic. The D's muck up the works, suck up the limelight, and waste time on these matters to delay action on any number of fronts. And all the R's have done is enable this strategy.
The R's miscalculated on the strength of the Daschle example. Whatever genius thought guys like Kennedy, Schumer, Byrd and Kerry were going to just sit back chastened was delusional. Though they are bankrupt on ideology, the D's are hard core legislators, and they don't pull punches. The proper response is to whack them on the nose and shove it down their throat. Some of these judges have been on hold for four years, and everyone knew that this would be a problem before Congress reconvened. Frist should have gotten the votes to eliminate the filibuster for judicial nominees right out of the gate. First order of business would have been the go nuclear, then it would be a fait accompli. Let the D's complain on the Sunday shows... by February, it would be old news and Bush's judges would be getting their votes. By March, the D's would be on to scaring grandma about Social Security.
Instead, the R's dithered, and dithered and dithered. All this does is give oxygen to the story and embolden the D's. Any way you slice it, the D's have mucked this up for nearly six months. It is time for the R's to start acting like a majority. Change the rule, get the judges a floor vote, and move on. By 2006, no one will remember this little spat, unless the R's dither around another year or so and let the D's make it a campaign issue.
Despite being the majority in the Senate, the R's are letting the D's set the tone. This filibuster maddness is your basic minority delaying tactic. The D's muck up the works, suck up the limelight, and waste time on these matters to delay action on any number of fronts. And all the R's have done is enable this strategy.
The R's miscalculated on the strength of the Daschle example. Whatever genius thought guys like Kennedy, Schumer, Byrd and Kerry were going to just sit back chastened was delusional. Though they are bankrupt on ideology, the D's are hard core legislators, and they don't pull punches. The proper response is to whack them on the nose and shove it down their throat. Some of these judges have been on hold for four years, and everyone knew that this would be a problem before Congress reconvened. Frist should have gotten the votes to eliminate the filibuster for judicial nominees right out of the gate. First order of business would have been the go nuclear, then it would be a fait accompli. Let the D's complain on the Sunday shows... by February, it would be old news and Bush's judges would be getting their votes. By March, the D's would be on to scaring grandma about Social Security.
Instead, the R's dithered, and dithered and dithered. All this does is give oxygen to the story and embolden the D's. Any way you slice it, the D's have mucked this up for nearly six months. It is time for the R's to start acting like a majority. Change the rule, get the judges a floor vote, and move on. By 2006, no one will remember this little spat, unless the R's dither around another year or so and let the D's make it a campaign issue.
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