"If they need help filibustering themselves, we'll be glad to pitch in."

[CatWoman]

Daschle does manage to slip in a good one here and there :D

(CBS/AP) The Senate readied cots and coffee for a talkathon set to last all Wednesday night on who's to blame for some of President Bush's nominees not making it to the federal appeals bench.

For 30 straight hours — from Wednesday evening through midnight Thursday — Republicans and Democrats will condemn each other in 30-minute face-offs over four filibustered U.S. Appeals Court nominees: Alabama Attorney General William Pryor, Texas judge Priscilla Owen, Mississippi judge Charles Pickering and Hispanic lawyer Miguel Estrada.

Democrats have refused to allow confirmation votes, and Republicans have not been able to get the 60 votes to force them in a Senate split with 51 GOP senators, 48 Democrats and one independent. Frustrated at the delays, Estrada withdrew his nomination in September.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/11/12/politics/main583147.shtml

[Spazito]

1. Good article!

Thanks for the link.

[Cocoa]

2. the facts are on the dems' side

the republicans' hope is that they can convince people that the democrats are racists and that the republicans stand for equal rights.

[gratuitous]

3. Dare we hope?

You're 100%, absolutely right, Senate Democrats! This is a fight you're capable of winning, it's worth winning, and the public will be glad to see you standing for something. No ambiguities, no softening. Stand up for what you know is right!

[kentuck]

4. If one Dem goes to sleep, they will slip in a quick vote on the nominees..

And hope to pull a historic maneuver...

[CatWoman]

5. *fingers crossed*

Dems, the ball is in your court.

Don't screw it up!!!

[in_cog_ni_to]

6. I worry about the republicans

doing something like locking a Dem in a closet or slashing his tires so he can't drive his car, putting a sleeping pill in his coffee or throw some other wrench into the process. You know, those people cannot be trusted! I hope the Dems are going by two's to the Senate so they can watch each others backs. :scared: