The president is pushing for a showdown over the fillibuster.
I wonder why he doesn't just come out at say that he's out to shut down the Senate? And does Frist really think there enough people out there who want a frothing partisan attack dog in the White House to give him any delusions about a presidential run? And finally, what is up with our new AG? Has he gone off his meds?
The president, who initiated the conflict by renominating judges whom Democrats had blocked during his first term and demanding new votes this year, is essentially guaranteeing a showdown that is as much about the power of the presidency as Democratic obstinacy, according to numerous government scholars.
I wonder why he doesn't just come out at say that he's out to shut down the Senate? And does Frist really think there enough people out there who want a frothing partisan attack dog in the White House to give him any delusions about a presidential run? And finally, what is up with our new AG? Has he gone off his meds?
At his news conference, Gonzales singled out for praise Owen, a Texas Supreme Court justice who is a target of Democratic filibuster efforts. While serving alongside Owen in 2000, Gonzales wrote an opinion criticizing her and two other dissenting judges for "an unconscionable act of judicial activism" in seeking to restrict a minor's right to an abortion.
"Judges disagree from time to time on particular issues," Gonzales said yesterday. "That doesn't in any way detract from my view that she would make a terrific judge on the 5th Circuit. I've never accused her of being an activist judge."
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