Welcome to Advise and Rubberstamp Day.

[cornermouse]

Forget that advise and consent, the republicans are spinning it from the advise and obstruct mode that they ran during the Clinton presidency's judicial picks into advise and rubberstamp territory now. Of course, when the democrats get back the White House the advise and rubberstamp function of Congress should come in handy in turning the courts back toward the middle ground that most of this country actually prefers...

[joanski0]

1. The Senate comes into Session at 9:30 am

today on C-Span2. When one of Frist's stand-in's was adjourning the Senate yesterday, he said that they would bring up the nomination of Prisilla (sp.) Owens today for debate. I will be watching.

[cornermouse]

2. I wish I could see it.

[joanski0]

3. According to an article in a thread

posted by radfringe, the Senate will debate Owens for a couple of days. If that happens, the showdown will not take place until early next week. I was thinking that it would happen today. I guess not.

[merbex]

4. I'd change your title to Welcome to Consent and Rubberstamp Day

Advise? What 's that?

This bunch takes their marching orders from Rove and Cheney every morning

[cornermouse]

5. I'm not sure consent has anything to do with it either.

Maybe we should just call it Rubberstamp Day.

[merbex]

6. Republican Rubberstamp Day

A day that will live in infamy