Comments on: Sotomayor or Healthcare “reform”?

By: Pardonme

Pardonme — Fri, 29 May 2009 01:22:31 +0000

What am I missing here? The dems seem to be able to put up two situations to fight simultaneously and the GOP is not capable of the same? If the GOP is so weak that they can not devise a strategy to oppose then they don’t deserve to be there. It is too bad that they are seemingly so weak and impotent.

By: Sekhmet

Sekhmet — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:02:42 +0000

Just like I was saying earlier today, comparing the Democrats to a team that went 10 for 2 and blind while playing spades

The GOP doesn’t have to take every trick to set the other guys.

By: commodore

commodore — Thu, 28 May 2009 23:16:56 +0000

All it takes is a couple of senators asking her tough questions, doesn’t even have to be confrontational, just ask her about some of the things she has said.

“Do you believe it is the role of the court to make policy?”

“Do you believe in using international law to decide cases?”

“Do you believe the constitution is a living document?”

By: chris999

chris999 — Thu, 28 May 2009 22:10:49 +0000

Why does anyone pay attention to what the Politico writes? What does it mean to eschew “scorched earth” tactics? With forty senators? Politico is part of the democrat-media complex, when are people going to get that into their heads? Stop paying attention to what they write and how they frame events. And if the Republican senators are taking politico seriously they’re effin morons.

Should the GOP do what the Democrats did to Bork, and especially, Clarence Thomas, i.e., smear them, dig into trash cans, and dig up an Anita Hill type character? No. Should they hit her hard and question her very intensely? Point out the implications of putting her on supreme court? Stick to the issues? Yes, use all resources and orchestrate a full-blown campaign against her using conservative media and interest groups. She is highly controversial. See if it catches fire with the public. If so, dems will be peeled away. Then maybe momentum builds and Obama withdraws her.

In any case, the more controversy created around her the higher the price democrat senators have to pay to vote for her. Plus, you weaken Obama AND the chances of a health care bill passing. Especially if she is defeated. This is not complicated stuff.

We just need a few GOP senators with guts and brains. Who can do “strategery”. Which I guess we completely lack.

By: tnmama

tnmama — Thu, 28 May 2009 22:09:25 +0000

Why on earth do we have to choose between fighting one or another? They are both bad for our country. A racist judge who believes in judicial activism from the bench can do a lot of harm! The GOP needs to grow a pair … FAST!

http://www.mytpn.com

By: stenwin77

stenwin77 — Thu, 28 May 2009 21:46:56 +0000

Yep HEALTHCARE is GROUND ZERO !!! We can not let them ruin our health care system.

We should act like we think (have sources) that SotoMayor is pro-life, ain’t gonna oppose HER ! Let the prochoicers take her out.

By: HondaV65

HondaV65 — Thu, 28 May 2009 21:46:21 +0000

I’m just clueless here in all this “dilemma” crap …

This is easy.

No need to talk about filibuster until the woman’s been questioned.

AND SHE NEEDS TO GET RAKED OVER THE COALS BY THE GOP BECAUSE OF HER STATEMENTS AND HER RULINGS.

If at the end of that – it’s clear there’s no BI-PARTISAN support for a filibuster – don’t do one.

Republicans should VOTE HER DOWN – sure she’ll pass – but the GOP shouldn’t support her.

If there’s Bi-partisan support for a filibuster – then do it – fine.

Healthcare doesn’t relate to this – we can do more than one thing at a time. I think we will have some bi-partisan help in shooting down health care.

There are going to be a helluva lot of negative running against Obama. Many on Soto, and MANY MORE prolly on healthcare. I hope he’s ready for it because he’s going to fighting a lot of supposedly dead, “ZOMBIE” Conservatives out here.

In fact … we should all get bumper stickers … “ZOMBIE CONSERVATIVE” – because according to the MSM – we’re the walking dead!

By: AdrianG

AdrianG — Thu, 28 May 2009 21:34:04 +0000

but thank goodness at least they don’t have the energy to both takeover the american auto industry and impose draconian environmental schemes on the populace all at once. i mean, the way they only pick a single issue and work exclusively on it instead of anything else, well, it just makes it so easy to fight them! who knew politics was such a snoozefest?

By: pearson

pearson — Thu, 28 May 2009 21:33:22 +0000

Spot on analysis. Ask Soto tough questions, vote against her, but move on. The real battle is about health care.

By: technopeasant

technopeasant — Thu, 28 May 2009 21:31:50 +0000

I would recommend to the Republican Senators to take on Sotomayer based on her stand on the 2nd Amendment, her New Haven ruling, and her feeling that policy should be made by the Appeals court and leave out any reference to her intelligence, ethnicity or her gender.

By: AdrianG

AdrianG — Thu, 28 May 2009 21:30:27 +0000

remember when the democrats decided to wholeheartedly support our troops, and insisted on defending our border, because they knew they had to concede those two fights so they could focus on their lone priority of nationalizing healthcare? funny, because i don’t!

By: AdrianG

AdrianG — Thu, 28 May 2009 21:26:47 +0000

okay, but if socialized health care or any of the other obamaist monstrosities ever gets challenged by conservatives in the courts, only to be rebuffed, with a very wise latina authoring the majority opinion, well, at least we can take comfort in knowing we weren’t overly confrontational back in 09.

By: trs

trs — Thu, 28 May 2009 21:24:45 +0000

The Republican Party has become the most pathetic, spineless, group of RINOs ever assembled. Where the hell is their outrage as Obama destroys this country? Now we have to pick one isolated topic to try and muster enough testosterone to put up a half assed battle. The party disgusts me for what it has become.

By: petunia

petunia — Thu, 28 May 2009 21:18:00 +0000

Absolutely. Heath care is going to be the big fish. I hear Obama said “now or never”. That’d be great if we could provide the never. At least Obama’s socialist health care.

There is also the related issue of whether the Senate GOP can walk and chew gum at the same time.

Sad. True.

By: homesickamerican

homesickamerican — Thu, 28 May 2009 21:14:14 +0000

yep. sonia sucks, but we have bigger fish to fry.

By: darktood

darktood — Thu, 28 May 2009 16:42:28 +0000

Your right that government run health care is the bigger problem than one racist socialist replacing a justice who is only somewhat left of center.

By: marybel

marybel — Thu, 28 May 2009 16:19:41 +0000

Thanks, Karl. Really insightful post. Government taking over our healthcare is the real threat here and I hope those dopey Senators follow your advice.