Judicial Nominees ask to Withdraw

[Gilding the Lily]

Meanwhile, White House lawyers and staff let out sighs of relief, excited by the possibility of saving some face.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/J/JUD...EMPLATE=DEFAULT

 

[diogenes]

Regarding Haynes and Boyle in particular, two more reasons I voted D. this go around.

 

[delldude]

But Ed Whelan, president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center and a former clerk for Justice Antonin Scalia, countered for conservatives. "In support of their own agenda of liberal judicial activism, Senate Democrats have engaged in unprecedented measures of obstruction against the president's highly qualified nominees," he said.

 

[diogenes]

Hardly unprecedented.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/03/25/...ain683182.shtml

Sauce for the goose, baby!

 

[delldude]

Finally Repub's throw some Dem doo doo back in their faces and you cry "unfair" .

You guys kill me...... 😛

 

[diogenes]

Finally Repub's throw some Dem doo doo back in their faces and you cry "unfair" .

You guys kill me...... 😛

I expect it's been going on since the founding...

One interesting take

http://archives.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/s...a.tm/index.html