Bending the Third Rail
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Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Bipartisanship
You can't hardly walk around Washington these days without tripping over an olive branch. But, as with most things Bush, he certainly doesn't mean it and Democrats better not fall for it. First there was the Boltin renomination.

Now this:
After calling for bipartisanship, President Bush surprised Senate Democrats with plans to renominate a controversial list of judges – some of whom may be unacceptable even to a few Republican senators. “It’s an unfortunate signal,” said one senior Democratic Senate aide.

The Senate Judiciary Committee has not received the nominations yet. As word spread about the nominations, however, the committee’s Republican Chairman Arlen Specter told reporters: “It is obvious they cannot move during the lame-duck session.” After January, he added, questions about the fate of the nominees should be “directed to someone else.”

The White House action is viewed largely as an effort to appease the party’s conservative base. An administration official says there will be a formal White House announcement on the renominations later today. The president is in Moscow, having left Washington last night.
Same crap ... different day. As I've said before, expectations for the next two years should be reasonable. Unlike the Clinton slapdown in 1994, Bush will do nothing to work with Congress. Oversight and gridlock are about the most realistic possibilities. But given the last five years, that's progress.
Written at 2:11 PM by Greyhair.
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