Comments on: Carte Blanche: How Will Lincoln Vote on Obama’s Supreme Court Nominee?

By: DevinWeiss

DevinWeiss — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:37:45 +0000

Barack Obama’s book, “The Audacity of Hope,” features a appealing title. It has a taste of bravery mixed with full confidence. You’ll find nothing Pollyanna about this. I might not support every part he tells, but he’s our president, and for me, he creates belief. Which could do more for any region than any amount of backroom deals. Hope gives us energy, and energy sustains us through trying times. Boy, we’ve had them. I’m from West Texas, and I did not vote for Bush. When McCain ran against Obama, I used to be a citizen of Arizona, but I gave audacious hope a chance. The fight for progress and laying the foundations of prosperity is just not over. I’ve seen the quips of those that don’t believe Obama is capable of doing it. But step back a second. Would anyone have most of us fail just to tarnish the star of an incumbent for whom they did not vote? Keeping our priorities straight, let’s work together with our president and build our future.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Tue, 05 May 2009 22:37:32 +0000

Blanche’s vote is already a done deal: vote FOR CLOTURE (providing the 60th vote), and then vote against the nominee. It is easy to play both sides of that fence.

But there is no guarantee that R’s will filibuster. They have never done so in the past. Does the defection of Specter make a difference? Does Sen. Sessions (who was denied a Circuit Court of Appeals seat) now work to deny other judges that opportunity?

Maybe. The task is to make the judicial appointment issues important to the electorate. Not sure if that is a done deal yet or not.

But as for Souter, good riddance. The guy was a stealth liberal appointed by GHW Bush, and served as the “reason” to end the nomination of Harriet Miers to SCOTUS when she was unmasked as a liberal. GW Bush PROVED THE POINT of the conservative outcry against Miers when he FIRED HER as WH Counsel and hire Fred Fielding after the D’s took control of the House and the Senate. Souter, in the end, could be said to be indirectly responsible for the nomination of Samuel Alito… the only good Souter ever did anyone.

By: Crash Davis

Crash Davis — Mon, 04 May 2009 02:21:56 +0000

Human cloning? For real?
That’s the new Reublican litmus test?
Lordy lord, no wonder the Republicans are in so much trouble. Human cloning — truly a deep-seated issue all Arkansans get worked up about.
Anyways, Judge Sonia Sotomayor come on down.
She was appointed to the bench by a Republican, the first President Bush, and Sotomayor, as a result, has street cred on both sides of the aisle. She is also likely to be Obama’a leading choice.
Of course the New Republic ( http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=45d56e6f-f497-4b19-9c63-04e10199a085 ) has already fashiononed a case against her — bonus, as a May 4 post, it is from the future, as of this Sunday night posting — and, it seems the main complaint is she might be Catholic, or maybe not.
Doesn’t seem to wear her religion on her sleeve.
Regardless, it is somewhat irnoic to hear Republicans whine and growl about the Supreme Court when seven of the nine were appointed by, wait for it, Republicans.
And, as far as attaching some deep-seated and dark meaning to Lincoln’s vote, we should probably wait and see who Obama nominates first.

By: Earl

Earl — Mon, 04 May 2009 00:22:32 +0000

I’m sure she will find a way to support whatever socialist He decides to nominate, and her reasoning will be so stunningly logical that we will lap it up like fresh cream from the farm and gratefully re-elect her.