Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) said, 'If Republicans persist in the course they have set, they will destroy the 'compact of comity' that enables the Senate to fulfill its constitutional responsibilities.'Hilarious. I wonder if MoveOn.org thought the remark was out of bounds?
Such comity already appeared scarce late in the day, when Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) said Democrats have violated a long tradition of letting judicial nominees reach up-or-down confirmation votes.
He then denounced 'the audacity of some [Democratic] members to stand up and say, 'How dare you break this rule?' It's the equivalent of Adolf Hitler in 1942 saying, 'I'm in Paris. How dare you invade me?' ' Several liberal groups called the remarks out of bounds.
Thursday, May 19, 2005
The Breakdown of Senate Comedy?
As I've said before, any deal that prevents a full up or down vote on judicial nominees is absolutely unacceptable. That being said, whoever said that the nuclear option will destroy Senate comedy (or was that comity?)?
