The Discerning Texan
All that is necessary for evil to triumph, is for good men to do nothing.
-- Edmund Burke
-- Edmund Burke
Thursday, April 28, 2005
Keeping track of the "Constitutional Option" and Senate Rules
Hat tip to Hugh Hewitt for highlighting this great new site, created by redstate.org; for the latest on what is happening with the Senate and Judicial nominees, I highly recommend:
Confirm Them
Today the site has quite a good synopsis on the pros and cons of the GOP's compromise offer. Prediction: the Democrats won't take it. And not doing so will cost them dearly. Personally I think the offer is too generous, but on the other hand I think the Dems have spent so much capital in bluster and hyperbole that they cannot accept this offer and save face with their base. So look for this one to go all the way, and my guess is it will be the Owen nomination where the showdown occurs, because I see the Dems as not being principled enough to go to the mat opposing an African American conservative, even though the idea of another Clarence Thomas on the USSC down the road is their worst nightmare. I say they go after the "white chick". And Bush will go to the mat for her.
I've met and visited at length with Judge Owen (she's a friend of a friend...) at the 2001 Black Tie and Boots Inaugural festivies; she impressed me greatly as a poised, principled, classy lady. She's rated "highly qualified" by the liberal and heavily trial lawyer laden ABA, and there is no reason whatsoever to keep her off the Appeals court other than the fact that President Bush wants her on it. And, where the Constitution of the United States is concerned, that is not reason enough to deny her an up or down vote. I'm by no means a Washington insider, but my guess is that Priscilla is going to go down in history as being the judge in question when the Republicans finally had the guts to take back the United States of America from those who would have literally torn up our Constitution to smithereensby judicial fiat. And being the person who makes that happen is not a bad place to be at all. So call your Senator and tell them to not back down. There is too much at stake--possibly the whole ball of wax...
UPDATE: Larry Kudlow had a great take on the status of this debate today as well
Confirm Them
Today the site has quite a good synopsis on the pros and cons of the GOP's compromise offer. Prediction: the Democrats won't take it. And not doing so will cost them dearly. Personally I think the offer is too generous, but on the other hand I think the Dems have spent so much capital in bluster and hyperbole that they cannot accept this offer and save face with their base. So look for this one to go all the way, and my guess is it will be the Owen nomination where the showdown occurs, because I see the Dems as not being principled enough to go to the mat opposing an African American conservative, even though the idea of another Clarence Thomas on the USSC down the road is their worst nightmare. I say they go after the "white chick". And Bush will go to the mat for her.
I've met and visited at length with Judge Owen (she's a friend of a friend...) at the 2001 Black Tie and Boots Inaugural festivies; she impressed me greatly as a poised, principled, classy lady. She's rated "highly qualified" by the liberal and heavily trial lawyer laden ABA, and there is no reason whatsoever to keep her off the Appeals court other than the fact that President Bush wants her on it. And, where the Constitution of the United States is concerned, that is not reason enough to deny her an up or down vote. I'm by no means a Washington insider, but my guess is that Priscilla is going to go down in history as being the judge in question when the Republicans finally had the guts to take back the United States of America from those who would have literally torn up our Constitution to smithereensby judicial fiat. And being the person who makes that happen is not a bad place to be at all. So call your Senator and tell them to not back down. There is too much at stake--possibly the whole ball of wax...
UPDATE: Larry Kudlow had a great take on the status of this debate today as well
