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The New THOMA$ REPORT on Saturday, November 29, 2008 5:17:25 PM
The only problem with using outlandish blocking tactics when you're in the minority is that when the other side becomes the minority, you "tip your hand" and it can learn from you and use them ON you. "Remember all the trouble President Bush has had with court appointments? The Senate Democrats for the last eight years stalled confirmation hearings, denying the president the traditional prerogative of selecting qualified jurists who shared his philosophy. Much to these same Democrats' dismay, beleaguered Senate minority Republicans may soon agree with the past use of such roadblocks and learn to impede simple up-and-down votes on judicial nominees. To them, such tactics will be reinvented as necessary to stop Obama-appointed liberal judges from flooding the courts." And the Democrats will scream loudly every time their own tactics are used on them. They'll call it "unprofessional" and "low." They hope we'll forget their own liberal use of it. (
Investor's Business Daily)