NY Observer: Exultant Senator Schumer Says He'll Veto the Next Alito

[DeepModem Mom]

Exultant Chuck Says He’ll Veto the Next Alito
New King of Washington Promises Moderate Court; Rove-like, Plans Permanent Democratic Majority; More N.Y. Homeland Money, Iraqi Federalism
By Jason Horowitz

More than the inability to influence Iraq policy or the President’s tax cuts, Chuck Schumer says that the single greatest failure of the Democrats as an opposition party was allowing Samuel Alito to join the Supreme Court.

“Judges are the most important,” said Mr. Schumer, who orchestrated the implausible Democratic takeover of the Senate last week. “One more justice would have made it a 5-4 conservative, hard-right majority for a long time. That won’t happen.”

From now on, all the President’s judicial appointments will need to meet the requirements of Mr. Schumer, the Park Slope power broker who has happily accepted the mantle of chief architect for the Democrats’ effort to build a majority for the 2008 elections and beyond....

http://www.observer.com/20061120/20061120_Jason_Horowitz_politics_newsstory1.html

[Avalux]

1. "Rove-like, Plans Permanent Democratic Majority"

I don't know why, but reading that in the title made me laugh hysterically. :rofl:

[bemildred]

2. Kind of a puff piece. Hope he does it. nt

[struggle4progress]

3. Dems should have stood up earlier: SCOTUS now has 4 ideological extremists

[w4rma]

4. His proposal on Iraq (buried on page two) is close to what I am thinking may need to be done. (nt)

[JudyM]

5. Wishing there was a way to impeach Scalia et al. for '00... n/t

[BlueIris]

6. Fat lot of good that does us, now. Nice try at an "apology," Chuck.

There was one man whose effort (you know, the one someone actually made) could have stopped Alito. I believe you've recently literally told him to fuck off. Good thing he's a better man than you could ever hope to be.

Hack.