Quick, someone give Senator Bill Frist a mojito because this dude needs a cocktail something bad. You know the story: he wants to put some bible-thumping judges on the federal bench. Democrats contend that the judges are extremists whose legal decisions are based more on conservative ideology than legal merits. They’ve made it clear that they will filibuster the nominations. Frist, a typical get-ouf-of-my-sandbox Republican, has said he would respond by moving to change the filibuster rules to the simple majority standard.
What is this kind of attitude gaining him? A good chunk of nada. GOP polling compiled by the Winston Group and presented late last week to Senate staffers showed that 51% of registered voters opposed the idea of changing the rules — compared with 37% who backed it.
Frist. DeLay. W. Cheney. Rummie. What a bad-boy gang of spoiled brats the Republicans have weaved. Thanks, GOP, for making Democrats look good. We need the positive image for a change.
