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2005-09-29 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by Steve 2005-09-29 11:34|| || Front Page|| [11125 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 That leaves a bit of egg on Tom Oliphant's face (Op-Ed columnist, Boston Globe):

The only suspense left is whether Roberts will exceed 70 yes votes, because the question has split Democrats (a compliment more to Roberts's skill as a witness than to President Bush's vision in nominating him).

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Most of us are taking the traditional leap of faith. But whenever Kennedy sails against the wind, I have the well-founded suspicion that he's probably right -- again.

* - Paid for by the John Kerry School of Decisiveness and Conviction.

Posted by Raj 2005-09-29 11:47|| 2005-09-29 11:47|| Front Page Top

#2 kerry/kennedy,a couple of MASSHOLES!!!!

Posted by ARMYGUY 2005-09-29 12:34|| 2005-09-29 12:34|| Front Page Top

#3 Sorry, ArmyGuy, I did try...

Posted by Raj 2005-09-29 12:45|| 2005-09-29 12:45|| Front Page Top

#4 I don't get it--I thought Biden had complimented Roberts ("You're the best we've seen," or some such remark he made), and he's one of the nay-sayers?

Oh, well, 78-22 is pretty damn impressive!

Posted by Dar">Dar 2005-09-29 13:13|| 2005-09-29 13:13|| Front Page Top

#5 Interesting mix of votes.

BTW What about the 2005-06 SCOTUS Term?
In the last two years, the votes have been like this :

Conservative to liberal in the last two years :

Cases 160
Pro Curia - (No Votes) 13
Leaving 147
True Unanimous 34
Leaving 113 Cases

Within those 113 -

Thomas 113 votes - 91.6% Conservative
Scalia 112 votes - 87.5% Conservative
Renquist 107 votes - 70.1% Conservative
Kennedy 113 votes - 58.0% Conservative
O'Connor 111 votes - 53.6% Conservative
Breyer 112 votes - 22.8% Conservative
Souter 113 votes - 17.7% Conservative
Stevens 113 votes - 16.4% Conservative
Ginzburg 113 votes - 15.0% Conservative

Posted by BigEd 2005-09-29 13:28|| 2005-09-29 13:28|| Front Page Top

#6 Congrats to Roberts and thank you Babs/Difi for showing the country how a Senator can really side with special interests against the best interests of the country. May they both rot in hell.

Posted by Cyber Sarge">Cyber Sarge 2005-09-29 14:29|| 2005-09-29 14:29|| Front Page Top

#7 Live CSPAN 3...NOW

Posted by BigEd 2005-09-29 14:46|| 2005-09-29 14:46|| Front Page Top

#8 What's encouraging is the party-line vote on the Republican side. That's all we need to get a conservative to replace O'Connor. No messing around here - even Specter voted for Roberts.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2005-09-29 14:53|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2005-09-29 14:53|| Front Page Top

#9 Interesting to note how 10 No votes (Biden, Clinton, Corzine, Kennedy, Kerry, Lautenberg, Mikulski, Reed, Sarbanes and Schumer, nearly 1/2 of the total) are from that distinctive section of the US known as the Northeast...

Posted by Raj 2005-09-29 15:52|| 2005-09-29 15:52|| Front Page Top

#10 Here come da judge!

Posted by Mike 2005-09-29 17:11|| 2005-09-29 17:11|| Front Page Top

#11 Evan Bayh of Indiana
Joseph Biden of Delaware
Barbara Boxer of California
Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York
Jon Corzine of New Jersey
Mark Dayton of Minnesota
Dick Durbin of Illinois
Dianne Feinstein of California
Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts
John Kerry of Massachusetts
Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey
Barbara Mikulski of Maryland
Barack Obama of Illinois
Harry Reid of Nevada
Charles Schumer of New York
Debbie Stabenow of Michigan
Jack Reed of Rhode Island
Tom Harkin of Iowa
Daniel Inouye of Hawaii
Paul Sarbanes of Maryland
Maria Cantwell of Washington
Daniel Akaka of Hawaii

Yah I noticed that a lot of the no votes are from the Northeast and the Land of Fruits and Nuts. Curiously Feingold* voted in favor which is likely to cost him some. But one thing I wish people would stop doing or expecting when a Justice or Chief Justice is nominated by either a conservative or a liberal sitting president. And that is expecting that those justices will always vote the way people expect.

*There goes his support in PROM ( Peoples Republic of Madison

Posted by Cheaderhead 2005-09-29 17:36|| 2005-09-29 17:36|| Front Page Top

#12 Soooooooooo can somebody ask Senator Kennedy what time the Dark Cloud of Right Wing Oppression will be descending on America? I'm trying to plan my vacation...

Posted by tu3031 2005-09-29 18:11|| 2005-09-29 18:11|| Front Page Top

#13 Hillary voted no - surprise surprise for the Moderate NY Senator.....bitch

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-09-29 18:33|| 2005-09-29 18:33|| Front Page Top

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