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Thursday, May 19, 2005
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Filibusters
Josh Marshall: "Their very victory, should it come to that, is their badge of hypocrisy. Their arguments are all at war with themselves. But they don't care. This is just about perpetuating their own power by any means necessary, using narrow majorities to lock in their power for the long haul."
Bull Moose: "The Moose observes that the difference between the United States Senate and a kindergarten playground is adult supervision."
Category: 2004 Presidential Transition
6:38:48 PM 
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Nuclear Senate
 The opening salvos of the nuclear option were fired yesterday, according to the Denver Post [May 19, 2005, "Senate power battle begins"]. From the article, "Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar reached out further to Republicans than other Senate Democrats have been willing to go as he tried to head off a historic showdown over filibusters. Salazar publicly floated a compromise plan offering 'up-or- down votes' for all seven of Bush's controversial appeals- court nominees in exchange for a guarantee that Democrats keep the right to filibuster other nominees until early 2007. The proposal worried liberal Democrats, bothered by the prospect of confirming seven jurists they consider far too conservative. And it was rejected by conservatives who - with a potential vacancy looming on the Supreme Court - said they won't tolerate the prospect of Democrats filibustering future nominees. By the end of the day, no senators had signed on to Salazar's plan. There were reports of other compromise proposals, but no details."
Josh Marshall: "Just to be crystal clear, what the senate is about to do is not changing their rules. They are about to find that their existing rules are unconstitutional, thus getting around the established procedures by which senate rules can be changed."
Basie!: "Nuclear roundup: day 1."
TalkLeft: "Criticism of Priscilla Owen and Janice Rogers Brown is not new, at least not on TalkLeft. From our archives, and worth re-reading."
Senator Reid's floor speech from Mathew Gross.
Category: 2004 Presidential Transition
6:23:59 AM
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? for Governor
Here's a story about next year's governor's race from the AP via the Rocky Mountain News [May 19, 2005, "GOP weighs risks in fight to keep governor's seat"]. From the article, "With no heir apparent to a lame duck GOP governor, Colorado Republicans are trying to decide if it's worth the risk of losing a seat in Congress by nominating U.S. Rep. Bob Beauprez to seek the governor's mansion next year. They also worry about a doomsday scenario that would allow U.S. Sen. Ken Salazar, the only Democrat to win a statewide race in years, to run for governor. If Salazar wins, he could appoint his successor, and Democrats could take another political plum away from the Republicans."
Mt. Virtus: "Yesterday I asked to see what the CEA's reaction would be to the 'First Class Education for Colorado' proposal that would put 65 cents of every dollar of current education expenditures into the classroom. Well, the Rocky Mountain News got the scoop on that one this morning."
Category: Denver November 2006 Election
6:08:59 AM
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