Did you hear??? The Gang of 14 may get back together after their recess to get Southwick confirmed.

[in_cog_ni_to]

Thanks, Feinstein!!!:grr: Boy, I bet those tough Senate Democrats are going to stand up and fight this! NOT! I heard this on C-SPAN's WJ this morning.:(

If Feinstein "continues to relate to this caucus in the way she's been doing ... we will have no alternative but to not only share this information, but to fight against her coming back to the United States Senate," Waters said.

Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, also at the news conference, said she was "doubly disappointed that a senator from my home state, Sen. Feinstein, would vote with the Republicans to bring the Southwick nomination to the Senate floor."

The nomination is likely to pick up enough Democratic support to win Senate confirmation in the fall, despite a plea for a filibuster from the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights. The organization's vice president and policy director, Nancy Zirkin, said Friday she was "stunned and amazed" by Feinstein's vote.

http://www.btcnews.com/btcnews/1715

[sharp_stick]

1. You like quotes from the National Review?

That source is probably second only to NewsMax in idiocy for anything printed in it.

[in_cog_ni_to]

4. The quote is ACCURATE no matter where it came from. Here:

If, in fact, Sen. Dianne Feinstein continues to relate to this Caucus in the way she’s been doing … We will have no alternative but to not only share the information but to fight against her coming back to the United States Senate,” Waters said.

These comments were echoed by other black Democrats in the House, including California’s Barbara Lee — who associated herself with Waters’ remarks and said, “I think the word is already getting out” — and District of Columbia Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, who commented, “We want to say to Sen. Feinstein, ‘We shall not forget.’”

http://www.btcnews.com/btcnews/1715

Happier?

[Tesha]

2. Isn't that just the sweetest thing? A reunion! (NT)

[MuseRider]

3. Great, just great.

Seriously, it can't get much worse here can it?

[Hell Hath No Fury]

5. I know I am not supposed to say this....

but I voted for Media Benjamin against DiFi during the last CA election.

And this Southwick shit is one of the many reasons I am not ashamed of that vote.

[glitch]

7. If I lived in CA you better believe I'd vote for Medea Benjamin over Dianne Feinstein.

Especially after the FISA vote. :mad:

[TahitiNut]

6. There is NOTHING to stop the Democrats from filibustering such appalling nominations.

The (so-called) "nuclear option" is solely executable by the majority - so that's 'off the table' and is no longer any excuse whatsoever. A failure block these fascist judicial nominations is inexcusable in the 110th Congress.

[in_cog_ni_to]

9. They won't filibuster him.

wanna bet?:(

[TahitiNut]

10. Probably not. But they don't have the same thin excuse they did in the 109th.

:shrug: In their very choice to not filibuster, they betray the fact that the alleged fear of the 'nuclear option' was mere facade ... a lie.

[The Backlash Cometh]

8. It's time to dig. Feinstein has been compromised. That kind of loyalty

usually means there's a money string somewhere.