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[Stephanie]

U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) walks from the Senate floor following Democratic party-led bid to block Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito, in Washington January 30, 2006.



Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., stops to answer questions as he leaves the Senate Chambers after a failed last minute attempt to block Samuel Alito's nomination with a filibuster, Monday, Jan. 30, 2006, in Washington.



U.S. Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) speaks to the media during the Democratic party-led bid to block Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito, in Washington January 30, 2006.



White House aid Jamie Brown, right, listens to Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., left, answer questions for reporters outside the Senate Cambers after a failed last minute attempt by liberals to block Samuel Alito's nomination with a filibuster, Monday, Jan. 30, 2006 in Washington.




Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., left, walks past Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., right, as he leaves the Senate Chambers after a failed last minute attempt to block Samuel Alito's nomination with a filibuster, Monday, Jan. 30, 2006, in Washington.



Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., left, gives a thumbs-up as he and Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., center, meet with supporters outside the Senate Chambers after a failed last minute attempt to block Samuel Alito's nomination with a filibuster, Monday, Jan. 30, 2006 in Washington.



U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) speaks to the media following a Democratic party-led bid to block Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito, in Washington January 30, 2006

[MelissaB]

1. I love these two men for what they did today.

[FreedomAngel82]

4. Me too

:cry: The only person I am supporting in 2008 is John Kerry. All the others can kiss my ass. Sadly even Feingold. He did a great thing and supported the filibuster but Kerry is the one who lead the fight.

[Nitrogenica]

5. Yes definately. It is the age of smear and they have been..

kicked, scrached and beaten, yet there they were, fighting. I can't think of anything more spiritually inspiring than that.

True heroes of the people.

[ginnyinWI]

30. tough skins, too

battle hardened warriors! :) :patriot:

[IndyOp]

2. Thank you. These are pictures of the people who had the courage

to stand for what was right - conclusions, insinuations of the press be damned.

:kick:

[CountAllVotes]

3. thank you!

and we must not forget that Dear Dianne at least was with us and not against us.

:kick:

[Neecy]

6. great photos...

Although I'd like to slap the smirk off of the White House aide's face who is standing by (handling?) Feinstein.

[Stephanie]

7. I don't know.

Seems to me she's wondering what just happened to her future.

[Stephanie]

16. I just noticed - she is a WH aide

I was assuming she was an aide to Feinstein - wow! Why is a WH aide following her around?

[Neecy]

25. that's why I wondered if DiFi was being handled

It's creepy, isn't it? It's like the WH is stalking Democratic senators.

[Stephanie]

28. very odd and creepy

I want to try to find out who she is

[Stephanie]

29. here she is >

Alito's 'Murder Board' a Mix of the Legal Elite
Ted Olson, Harriet Miers on rehearsal staff

The National Law Journal
Marcia Coyle
January 30, 2006

The well-handled U.S. Supreme Court nominee is now a fixture in the political process, and much of the credit goes to those so-called murder boards, or preparation sessions for the Senate confirmation hearings.

The lawyers participating on the murder boards represent a mix of government and nongovernment attorneys with backgrounds in the legal areas most likely to interest the senators.

Supreme Court nominee Judge Samuel Alito, who appears headed to near-certain confirmation in the U.S. Senate, was shepherded through all of the murder boards by a team that included Steve Schmidt, special advisor to the president in charge of the White House confirmation team, and Harriet Miers, counsel to the president.

<more at link>



ALITO MURDER BOARD PARTICIPANTS WHITE HOUSE

Steve Schmidt, special advisor to the President in charge of the White House confirmation team
Harriet Miers, Counsel to the President
Bill Kelley, deputy counsel to the President
Brett Kavanaugh, assistant to the President and staff secretary
Bill Burck, deputy assistant to the President and deputy staff secretary
Bill Kelley, deputy counsel to the President
Jenny Brosnahan, associate counsel to the President
Grant Dixton, associate counsel to the President
Leslie Fahrenkopf, associate counsel to the President
Dabney Friedrich, associate counsel to the President
Richard Painter, associate counsel to the President
Ben Powell, associate counsel to the President
Naomi Rao, associate counsel to the President
Brett Gerry, associate counsel to the President
Robert F. Hoyt, executive office of the President
Shannen W. Coffin, general counsel to Vice President Dick Cheney, former partner in Washington, D.C.'s Steptoe & Johnson

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Kyle Sampson, chief of staff to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales
Raul Yanes, senior counsel to the attorney general
Wan Kim, assistant attorney general Civil Rights Division
Steve Bradbury, principal deputy assistant attorney general, Office of Legal Counsel
Rachel Brand, assistant attorney general, Office of Legal Policy
Richard Hertling, principal deputy assistant attorney general, Office of Legal Policy
Kristi Macklin, deputy assistant attorney general, Office of Legal Policy
Brent McIntosh, deputy assistant attorney general, Office of Legal Policy
Gordon Todd, counsel to the assistant attorney general, Civil Rights Division
Ryan Bound, chief of staff, Office of Legal Policy
Assistant to the Solicitor General John Elwood
Jamie Brown, Office of Professional Responsibility, former special assistant to President Bush, Legislative Affairs
Elisebeth Cook, Office of the Attorney General

U.S. SENATE

Sen. Dan Coats, R-Ind.

NON-GOVERNMENT

Ed Gillespie, Republican lobbyist and former chairman of the Republican National Committee
Theodore B. Olson, partner in Washington, D.C.'s Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, former Solicitor General
Adam Ciongoli, senior vice president and general counsel, Time Warner Inc., former Alito law clerk
Michael A. Carvin, partner in Washington, D.C.'s Jones Day, a former deputy assistant attorney general Office of Legal Counsel
Charles J. Cooper, partner in Washington, D.C.'s Cooper & Kirk, a former assistant attorney general Office of Legal Counsel
Timothy Flanigan, general counsel for corporate and international law, Tyco, a former deputy counsel to the President
Leonard Leo, Executive vice president of the Federalist Society
John Manning, Harvard Law

Source: Senate Judiciary Committee

http://www.law.com/jsp/scm/PubArticleSCM.jsp?id=1138356408625

[babylonsister]

8. Thank you, Stephanie, for the pics of our men from Mass.

They made me feel proud today, despite the outcome.

[Stephanie]

23. They are heroes.

When I look at Ted K. and think of what he's seen in his life, it just breaks my heart.

[CrazyOrangeCat]

9. I'm bookmarking these . . .

. . . what great pictures, from a sad day.

Thanks for posting.

-crazed cat

[Stephanie]

10. the photos will expire in a few weeks

If you want to keep them, right-click and save them to your hard drive.

xx
S

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

11. You'll be seeing this one again...

...because a picture really IS worth 1000 words. Anything I could possibly say about Scalito's nomination is written all over Ted's face.



:patriot:

[New Earth]

12. hell yes

he looks PISSED and SERIOUS

i love him and Kerry :)

[zippy890]

39. Yay for my great senator Ted K.

thats a great photo-job you did.

he is truly a great senator, and has been fighting these bastards for a long time.

kind of choking me up a little thinking about how hard he has been fighting the good fight.

[Stephanie]

13. kick

these are, unfortunately, historic

[WildEyedLiberal]

14. Oh man, those last two pix of Kerry...

... *lump in throat*

Thanks for posting those pics of our HEROES.

[Stephanie]

15. I know

It's a lonely job. But someone's gotta stand up.

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[Stephanie]

20. you have got to be kidding me

sometimes we give them too much benefit of the doubt, kids.
give it another look. 

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[grasswire]

21. very poignant....

....it must take a lot of strength to fight day after day after day against the kind of crap DeWine was pouring out today.

[Stephanie]

22. if you see anything obnoxious in this thread -

please alert it - thx

[hippiechick]

24. God Bless Ted Kennedy ...

... the things that man has endured in his life ... much of it probably at the hands of the BFEE (or some branch of it) ... he could have walked away from public service long ago, and nobody would have faulted him ... and yet he gets up every day and goes to bat for us working schmucks ...

Teddy, you're amazing. :hug:

Thank you.

[Inuca]

26. The first picture

Kennedy looks like he has the weight of the whole world on his shoulders. Not too far from the truth...

[Stephanie]

27. He's a hero.

He's had an incredible life.

[jillan]

31. I just have to add this, to watch it one more time

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x264291


Thanks for the pics Stephanie,
I can't get over that on pic of Kerry :(
(5th one from the bottom)
Smile Kerry, you are loved.

[Straight Shooter]

32. Thank you, Stephanie.

It occurs to me that Democrats have warriors, true leaders in principle who stand for the people and the great Constitution of the United States. All the Repubs have are brutes, like the galley slavemasters who whipped and berated the rowers to keep them focused on rowing instead of thinking of higher ideals, to keep their ship on course to its next destination of rape, pillage and plunder.

[FreedomAngel82]

33. I love the last picture

[RobertSeattle]

34. Ya know, Calling Kennedy "fat" like the Freepers do just don't make sense

He's currently no "fatter" the Limpballs.

[bobalu]

37. ..and he's a lot better looking! (with better hair!)

[second edition]

35. I wish I could have been there to stand up and applaud them!

As it is, they continue to inspire and make me hope that our party can elect more just like them. As it is now, to many walk in their shadows.

[foreverdem]

36. Thanks, Stephanie

These two are true patriots. They had to know they'd be fighting an uphill battle, but they took it on anyway and fought to the end for us. Sometimes I think they are the only 2 people in Congress who actually have a clue what the average person's life is like.

[byronius]

38. They look like Americans to me.