Democrats To Break Filibuster Agreement
WASHINGTON -- As part of the judicial nominee deal made in the Senate this week, the confirmation of Henry Saad, whose nomination to the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals has languished since 2001, has come into doubt.
Aides to Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid told FOX News that Democrats will filibuster the nomination of Saad and William Myers to the 9th Circuit Court. Democrats say both nominees are exempt from the "exceptional circumstances" clause in the bipartisan agreement.
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist acknowledged on Wednesday that the two nominees remain in limbo.
Given this from the same article how in the world can Saad be considered an "exceptional" circumstance?
Saad's detractors say he's anti-labor, but he has been endorsed by the United Auto Workers and, in the past, by the AFL-CIO. He's been lauded with praise by some high profile Democrats, and was given the American Bar Association's highest rating of "well qualified."
Saad is far from what any reasonable person would define as "extremist," yet the Democrats will continue to claim that he is such.
I once thought that the filibuster compromise might have worked out to be a good thing for Republicans, but now I'm beginning to see that in reality they've done nothing but shoot themselves in the foot.
