Any chance of getting Kay Bailey Hutchison's name spelled right?

I sincerely pray this report about Leahy is true. We have to wait until 3 PM to hear his actual press conference. If true, Leahy's decision, combined with McCain slamming Republican pres. candidates for failing to admit that waterboarding is torture and illegal (click Fractal) should leave no honorable alternative for any Senator, let alone Dems on the Judiciary Committee, except to denounce and vote NO on Mukasey.

To maintain minimal levels of Dem party loyalty, it would be outrageous for any Dem Senator on the Judiciary Committee to defy their chairman and confirm Mukasey. There must be consequences for any Dem Senator who cuts a disgusting deal with the White House on Mukasey.

The Committee must be allowed to decide this. I could be wrong, but I don't remember the GOP ever allowing Clinton nominees to reach the floor if they were voted down in committee. Indeed, the GOP committees usually just bottled up the nominations so they never reached the floor, esp. for judicial nominations.

If Schumer decides to eff over all the rest by voting "yes", it will mark a very dark day in Demworld. Demonstrative cohesiveness is what they need to project; Schumer HAS to vote "nay" on this.

Dem Senators not on the Judiciary Committee probably feel (correctly) that they need not take a position because the committee chair (and presumably all the Dem members) will oppose Mukasey, and Sen. Harry Reid will not permit the nomination to reach the floor.

Contrariwise, GOP Senators not on the Judiciary Committee probably feel free to take the posture of supporting Mukasey, because they realize (correctly, I hope) that the nomination will not reach the floor and they will not be forced to actually vote for an AG who will not hold the White House subject to U.S. criminal law.

Can someone who knows more than I do tell me if I should be calling Judd Gregg's office yet?

If the committee doesn't vote this guy out of committee, doesn't that mean it won't come to the floor for a vote?

Also, I'm a little concerned about Webb myself, so again, is this just a matter of not saying anything unless it comes out of committee?
In addition, I also can't understand McCain on this. He is loudly against torture, which IS waterboarding and he knows it. So, any ideas where he's coming from on this with the yes vote?

Thanks for any information.

Personally, I sort of think they all (R and D) should have decided not to consider this guy the minute Bush threatened yesterday that it was him or no one.
After Gonzo, how bad could it be to have one fewer Loyal Bushie in the Cabinet?

Reid and Leahy have indicated that the committee vote is it (it doesn't necessarily have to be this way, but in this case it will be), so this is all the marbles.

McCain used to be a man of principle, what can one say.

Bush is an excellent poker player, would be nice to see someone nominally as good as him step up to the table.

WOW! I love Feingold and just called his office to see if there was a REASON to his not making a statement.

They(his guy answering the phone) said there was no comment.
I asked if there was some weird reason he hasn't made a stand.

"No comment"

Then, I noticed that FEINgold, FEINstein and Schumer are all Jewish, so I went to AIPAC to see who they are supporting...

Interesting....

http://mparent7777-2.blogspot.com/2007/10/attorney-general-will-block-aipac-probe.html

"...The Gonzales replacement, Michael Mukasey, another pro-Israeli Zionist, is now needed to suppress the investigations of AIPAC and members of the Bush administration, and to drop the charges against the spies for Israel, Steve Rosen and Keith Weissman..."

Any other comments about this?

I'm at a loss to see why there is such excitement about the possibility of Mukasey not getting confirmed? He is probably the best candidate the Dems will get offered and he's certainly much better than the intern AG in there now.

If you think we're ever going to get an AG under Bush who will say on record that waterboarding in torture you're dreaming. If the Dems vote this one down Bush will be as happy as a clam to leave Peter Keisler in there. He probably has an industrial size paper shredder running in his office 24-7. By the time the next candidate gets to the floor you won't be able to prove we even had US attorneys the last 2 years.

I was personally hoping that the Dems would use this opportunity to get some guarantees that certain investigations will continue instead of getting stuck on this lost cause.

Let me be clear waterboarding is torture and I'm waiting for someone of consequence to stand up and make that clear and end this harmful debate but I have to think that Bush's #1 priority in picking an AG candidate was C.Y.A. We are simply not going to get a candidate who will be willing to say what Bush has already done and likely is currently doing is illegal.

I'm hoping he gets beaten up a bit but gets through so maby we can start rebuilding the DOJ a little.

CNN only has video up from Wednesday and Thursday, nothing on Leahy's press conference yet. (Click Fractal.)

Who the hell is Herb Kohl? I feel like the writers needed a new character to spice up the script and brought in someone from central casting.

I've honestly never heard of the man and I really thought I knew all the senators by now.

Steve,

You state: "I'm hoping he gets beaten up a bit but gets through so maby we can start rebuilding the DOJ a little."

No.

I will not hope anything. I will not condone the legalization of torture. I will not be party to the desecration of our societal morality. I will not accede to the dimunition of our Liberty.

Patrick Henry may have been a hot head, but he had it right:
"Give me Liberty, or give me Death"

Mukasey must not be approved. Period.

Good for Leahy, but this doesn't look that great to me. You have to believe that of that list, every single one of the listed undecideds is going to join the no ranks. The Dems have NEVER been that cohesive.

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