Waiting For The Vote
While we wait for the Senate to finally finish debate on the two current judicial nominees before them, we should take a look at how it is progressing.
On the one hand, Red State is reporting here that Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., has finally gotten the fence post pulled out, and is now supporting Senate Majority Leader Frist’s effort to end judicial nominee filibustering. Here is the excerpt:
“Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., for weeks said he was undecided on whether to back a move by Frist, if it comes. Wednesday, he officially rejected signing on to a compromise.
“I believe that all of the president’s nominees deserve an up or down vote,” Hagel said, quoted by spokesman Mike Buttry. “The agreement that has been proposed calls for three of the president’s nominees not to get a vote. I could not agree to that. That is unfair and it’s not right.”
Of Nelson’s effort, Hagel said that he wants a vote on all nominees, that the Senate is in a very difficult position and that “Sen. Nelson, like all of us, has to do what he has to do.”
There are also a couple of good articles which put some perspective on the battle for this issue.
National Review Online has an article entitled, Rigging the Borking Game. This is a very good article outlining just what is at stake in these proceedings.
Finally, Bench Memos has an article entitled, Putting Judicial Nominees in Perspective, Part II, which gives us an example of the Democrat’s idea of a perfect judge.
Powerline, has a few words to say about this so-called perfect judge, here.
It appears, the debate might be over on Monday, and a vote will follow.
