Obama risks losing his judicial prize

[Louisiana1976]

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We have now regressed. Rarely in our history has partisanship been more narrow and rigid. The Republican Party is frozen in an obstructionist, anti-Obama posture, while offering no counterproposals. Our vaunted democratic process is dysfunctional. Party comity and bipartisanship are at an ebb. As a result, the process of nominating and confirming federal judges has broken down.

The opposition’s decision to stall and oppose President Barack Obama’s judicial nominations smacks of hypocrisy, and further draws into question the majority’s ability to govern.

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http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/obama_risks_losing_his_judicial_prize_20091124/?ln

[BrklynLiberal]

1. Sadly, the repukes made much better use of their majority that the Dems are doing...

Sometimes one has to wonder just which party is it that has the majority IN BOTH HOUSES and the White House...

[RKP5637]

2. Agree!!! Sometimes it feels we are the minority. n/t

[Cha]

3. To be accurate..they marched in fucking lockstep

like they are now and we have dinos who wallow in their own self interest..not thinking of the Country's.

[depakid]

4. Unity makes them procedurally effective

Whereas failure to stand up for a core set of traditional values has made the Democrats hapless excuse makers and subjects of derision.

[Cha]

6. That we agree on.

[yurbud]

9. it's because too many Dems want to replace GOP as the new corporate white meat

rather than serve the public interest.

[tomm2thumbs]

5. the republicans will be seen for what they really are - sore losers only worried about themselves

at the expense of their country and Americans.

[necso]

7. With the pug-uglies determined

to destroy democratic governance (in both senses; if the pug-uglies can't control government, then they'll do their best to see that nobody can), certain rule changes may be necessary.

[classysassy]

8. Disunity

This is not what the founders had in mind when the wrote the constitution.We have stood by and let a few evil men and women distort the very meaning of democracy.Some of them have departed, but there are still too many of them in high places,the likes of Palin,Hatch,DeMent,Session,and on an on the numbers are staggering.The dumbed down public that listen and take for gospel the outragious lies that fox news and hate radio spews at them 24/7,seem to have taken its effects on those poor souls.Its all in the Lords hands,let us pray that relief is on the way.