Federal Judiciary

Where is the Friggin' White House??!!!????

By Quin

From the very beginning of this administration's judge wars, the administration has been AWOL when it comes to actually fighting for its own nominees. Instead, it has consistently left the work up to the Senate, offering way too little support and sometimes even undermining Senate negotiators. As Jan Crawford Greenburg has reported, it was Alberto Gonzalez himself who personally insisted that the filibuster battle over Miguel Estrada was a Senate issue and thus blocked a larger White House offensive on the issue. By way of comparison, I believe that if LBJ had been treated this way on judges (other than the ethically challenged Abe Fortas, who nobody could possibly have saved), he would have called in any offending senators and reamed them out and said: "No confirmation, no local projects, PERIOD, you *#^$&@T&(T@%(T%@!!!!

Anyway, the word is that the Matthews appointment in South Carolina was a matter of the White House (Fielding) INSISTING on Matthews even when DeMint and Graham preferred other people -- which is still no excuse for Graham being a mealy-mouthed wimp on the subject; why hasn't HE been in the forefront demanding a confirmation? he's on the friggin' Judiciary Committee. What a pathetic excuse for a senator! That's just one more example of what I mean about the White House not effectively coordinating with the senators in order to figure out a way to get its nominees through.(MORE)

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Full post as published by ConfirmThem on June 25, 2008 (boomark / email).