A Republican Senate aide sends an email asking “whom this line was referring in the President’s weekly address today on Judge Sotomayor?”
“But what I hope is that we can avoid the political posturing and ideological brinksmanship that has bogged down this process, and Congress, in the past.”
Maybe someone involved in the debate on the last Supreme Court nomination? From then-Senator Obama’s interview on This Week on January 29, 2006:
“Well, I will be supporting the filibuster because I think Judge Alito, in fact, is somebody who is contrary to core American values, not just Liberal values, you know.”
Also worth pointing out that the small group of senators who participated in that “filibuster” include the now-President, Vice President, Secretary of State, Senate Majority Leader, Senate Majority Whip, and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman – which should undermine the sincerity of their current demands for a speedy confirmation process and no filibuster.
