He would delay the chaotic, left-wing deluge that is coming.

He would need a better running mate than Santorum.

His appeal is as a straight talker…

Nonetheless, I misread. Still want to know your sources, I will look at Senate website when time permits.

If Clinton’s two terms are added together, the number left dangling is around 60—a figure Democrats cite regularly— or an average of about 30 per term, compared to 54 for the single term of the first President Bush.

Go back and read the senate website. Clinton’s nominees were never brought out of committee. There were unconfirmed nominees at the end of Bush’s first term, true. They were not “dangling”, they were pushed into the next congress.

One more Tennesseean for Thompson, here. I don’t know what’s up with honora’s Mr Butterfield reference. Just shows me that Fred’s willing to ask tough questions and do what’s right. He was also key in fighting the corrupt Ray Blanton administration (pardons for sale). Thompson has no baggage (except under his eyes) and he’s got conservative credentials, to boot. He’ll mop the floor with any ticket the Dems can come up with. Like Jen pointed out, nobody’ll win without the South, and Fred can carry it.

Barntender on March 12, 2007 at 6:12 PM

Nothing’s “up” with it–just an interesting footnote. And yes, there is a strategy that shows that if the Dems can win without the South. They would have won last time with Ohio and losing the South. Dems are also picking up steam in the West.

Glamour, Mazztek’s great link aside, is the least of the presidential attributes I look for. It’s a Hollywood, European and Kennediesque fettish.

Now, gravitas, experience, conviction, steadiness, communication skills, level-headedness, and comfort with self, we’re talking…

Entelechy on March 12, 2007 at 3:52 PM

Looks like Thompson is probably not running. Has a rather blase air about the whole thing. Who knows?

In all, at the end of the first President Bush’s term, 54 nominees did not get confirmed and we were left with 97 judicial vacancies.

The vacancies are due to the fact that Bush did not nominate enought people, period. Where are the quotes you cite from?

My info is from the senate.gov website.

Oh I think they both have a sort of glamour. Thompson certainly has more experience and I suspect more gravitas.

Not to mention a clearly stated position, backed up by a verifiable voting record. Please, honora, try all you wish. Mr. Thompson is for real, he knows the game, he actually understands the Constitution, and he isn’t in the habit of parsing his words in order to ride the edge of Occam’s razor.

Thomspon/Tancredo – For America’s Present, for America’s Future

How about: (and think about this before the “knee jerk” kicks in)……..

Thompson/Rick Santorum on the Ticket……..

Followed by Newt, Rudy, Duncan, Tancredo, J.C. Watts, etc… you fill in the positions.

“Win the war, secure the borders!”

Is Allahpundit a Republican? It doesn’t sound like it from this post about not pardoning Libby.

Why don’t you demand to see his papers?

Watch these videos. That is what we need. A man that looks you in the eye and gives you a straight forward answer. ( Q: What is your position on abortion? A: Pro life.) He did not try to beat around the bush, or even think about giving the answe…

Chuck Hagel ‘08: The Republican Who Can Do What The Democrats Merely Threaten. Senator Chuck Hagel, Republican of Nebraska, said today that he is not jumping into the 2008 presidential race — for now, at least — so he can……

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,258345,00.html

Discovered Democratic memos from 2003 indicate that Democrats targeted Miguel Estrada because, “he is Latino, and the White House seems to be grooming him for a Supreme Court appointment,” and because, “we can’t make the same mistake we made with Clarence Thomas.” Judiciary Democrats, led by Sens. Edward Kennedy (MA), Charles Schumer (NY) and Richard Durbin (IL), agreed to block or slow-walk particular nominees at the behest of liberal campaign donors, including the trial lawyers, the NAACP and the national abortion providers’ lobby. These Democrats decided, in advance of hearings, which nominees to block, and Democratic staffers characterized Bush nominees as “Nazis.”

You may think stats tell the whole picture, I like to look at the historical signficance of threatening with fillibusters, the bigotry of stopping minorities from obataining these judge appointments.

preliminary surveys of lawyers who practice before Circuit Courts found President George W. Bush’s judges were thought to be slightly more liberal than those of both the first President Bush and Reagan. In other words, the current President has not veered dramatically to the right in his nominations; it is rather Senate Democrats who have gone off the liberal deep end.

In all, at the end of the first President Bush’s term, 54 nominees did not get confirmed and we were left with 97 judicial vacancies.

If Clinton’s two terms are added together, the number left dangling is around 60—a figure Democrats cite regularly— or an average of about 30 per term, compared to 54 for the single term of the first President Bush.

I think this stat is a little more accurate than your pick and choose stat of nominees being bottled up.

Nice try, that was a little better. I think you getting so beat up is making you more aware of your posts. Now you can go for more accuracy.

Now, gravitas, experience, conviction, steadiness, communication skills, level-headedness, and comfort with self, we’re talking…