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| It Begins! McConnell Files for Cloture on Kavanaugh for Supreme Court |
| 2018-10-04 |
| [Breitbart] WASHINGTON, DC ‐ Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Wednesday began the final round of the confirmation battle over the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh for the U.S. Supreme Court, filing for cloture to ensure a final vote on President Trump’s nominee by the end of this week. Shortly before 10:00 p.m. in a night session on Wednesday, McConnell filed a motion for cloture, to limit debate on the Kavanaugh nomination and force a final vote as to whether Judge Kavanaugh will become Justice Kavanaugh. At the insistence of Sens. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Senate leadership allowed an extra week for additional investigation into Kavanaugh. President Trump ordered the Federal Bureau of Investigation to expedite the Senate’s request, and to conclude its work by this Friday. The FBI finished its work early, and consequently senators can review the supplemental report beginning Thursday morning. Under Senate rules, the motion must now "ripen" for a day. The full Senate will vote early on Friday on the motion. Although cloture requires 60 votes for legislation, only 51 votes are required for presidential nominees to judicial or executive office. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #15 I agree. They're frantic for immediate gratification. There's also a marked tendency among liberals to avoid looking beyond what I call the "first-order affects" of their preferred policies and actions. Like Harry Reid and the filibustering of judicial appointees... |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2018-10-04 20:36 |
| #14 3rding Mike K and Dave D (glad you're back!). Immediate gratification and needy regardless of consequences (Free College! Medicare For ALL!) or plans for the day, week, months, years after |
| Posted by: Frank G 2018-10-04 19:37 |
| #13 #1 I just can’t imagine their rationale. Now the Dems will have a judge that deeply hates them for the next 25 years, even though he was probably more or less neutral 30 days ago. That’s just a stupid self-inflicted wound. Posted by Elmaith Omoluque2250 Even if he doesn't hate them, he's almost certain to be deeply suspicious of their motives and their honesty in everything they do. I agree with Mike Kozlowski: "They're toddlers. They can't think beyond their immediate demands and urges, and they certainly never consider the possibility that they might fail." Stupic, self-inflicted wound, indeed. Serves 'em right. |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2018-10-04 17:48 |
| #12 @#9: Same/same. But when PDJT speechified Ms. Ford's, er, memory lapses, the missus gave me the ol' stink eye. |
| Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy 2018-10-04 16:11 |
| #11 HUBRIS (Democrats) + NEMISIS (Trump & Kavanaugh) = JUSTICE. |
| Posted by: eltoroverde 2018-10-04 12:16 |
| #10 swksvolFF, mine, too. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2018-10-04 11:59 |
| #9 After my wife saw the show, I actually got an apology from my wife for calling Ford a liar. 'Oh yeah, no doubt, no doubt.' |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2018-10-04 11:13 |
| #8 My wife took about five minutes of listening to Ford to pronounce her a liar. |
| Posted by: Ebboluger Hupinetle4761 2018-10-04 11:07 |
| #7 A performance so bad, it made the movie Indianapolis look good. So bad, the morning news wanted to talk about tacos. The women I have heard talk about Ford, who actually took time to listen to her statement, are all pretty much took me ten seconds to figure her as (various forms of disingenuous). |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2018-10-04 10:05 |
| #6 They did it because the pubs had gone wobbly before and the candidates quit. They have no idea what to do now. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2018-10-04 09:52 |
| #5 ..Because he wasn't supposed to fight back. Because he was supposed to give in. Because the Pubs were supposed to get all wobbly and encourage him to gracefully back off. Because this was supposed to bring out the women who would finally finish Trump. “If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.” ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War |
| Posted by: P2kontheroad 2018-10-04 07:14 |
| #4 They're toddlers. They can't think beyond their immediate demands and urges 😊😊😊😊😊 |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-10-04 05:52 |
| #3 #1 I just can’t imagine their rationale. Now the Dems will have a judge that deeply hates them for the next 25 years, even though he was probably more or less neutral 30 days ago. That’s just a stupid self-inflicted wound. Posted by: Elmaith Omoluque2250 2018-10-04 03:55 ...Because he wasn't supposed to fight back. Because he was supposed to give in. Because the Pubs were supposed to get all wobbly and encourage him to gracefully back off. Because this was supposed to bring out the women who would finally finish Trump. They're toddlers. They can't think beyond their immediate demands and urges, and they certainly never consider the possibility that they might fail. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2018-10-04 05:21 |
| #2 Remember when Stalin executed his best generals just when WWII started. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-10-04 04:02 |
| #1 I just can’t imagine their rationale. Now the Dems will have a judge that deeply hates them for the next 25 years, even though he was probably more or less neutral 30 days ago. That’s just a stupid self-inflicted wound. |
| Posted by: Elmaith Omoluque2250 2018-10-04 03:55 |