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Originally Posted by Rickypt
Agree 100% with all of this. Tim Johnson and Ben Nelson are the other two who are supporting Alito. Nelson is a Republican wearing Dem clothes who is running for president.
Sadly, my first reaction to this thread was god, couldn't it please be somebody besides Kerry. He is just such a bad leader and I don't think will inspire your average person to take much notice.
It needs someone like Feinstein, a moderate who is on Judiciary Committee and would just say "look, Dems are pro-choice, and this guy's answer on whether Roe is settled law was enough to justify doing anything to stop his nomination".
I'm really down on Dems these days. Pelosi has been awful recently and even said at a local town hall meeting that she doesn't support an investigation into the wire-tapping issue. With "leaders" like these.....
That said, good for Kerry and I wish him luck.
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I agree about Kerry being the one to step up. Kerry leading this effort doesn't give me much confidence! I think he's stepping forward now to make himself look like he's not a wimp like the rest of them... knowing that he doesn't have the backing and that a filibuster will never actually happen.
Aside from the anti-choice vote that I'm sure Alito will bring to the court, I'm scared to death about him siding with Bush on every matter that comes before the SC, and giving him even more extreme power than he's taken. The Dems should be pushing that point home.
I didn't realize Pelosi said that?! Is she nuts!
I've become extremely discouraged as well. The Republicans have been hanging themselves for the last several months, and all the Dems can seem to do is cut them free. They're not making any real effort to hold them accountable for anything! They need to grow some big ones.