Here's a summary of Justice Sunday from the Rocky Mountain News [April 25, 2005, "Pulpit, politics mix"]. From the article, "Conservative activists made no apologies for mixing religion and politics here (Louisville, KY) Sunday, as they used somber prayers and passionate statements to rally the faithful against U.S. Senate filibuster rules."
Here's another story about Bill Frist's participation in Justice Sunday from the AP via the Rocky Mountain News [April 25, 2005, "Frist hardens effort to stop filibusters"]. From the article, Majority Leader Bill Frist said Sunday it was not 'radical' to ask senators to vote on judicial nominees as he hardened his effort to strip Democrats of their power to stall President Bush's picks for the federal court. Frist, speaking at an event organized by Christian groups trying to rally churchgoers to support an end to judicial filibusters, also said judges deserve 'respect, not retaliation,' no matter how they rule. A potential candidate for the White House in 2008, the Tennessee Republican made no overt mention of religion in the brief address, according to his videotaped remarks played on giant television screens to an audience estimated at 1,700 in Louisville, Ky."
Blogs for Bush: "We have the votes."
Moderate Voice: "One question asked here is asked again: is there ANY ISSUE that this administration is willing to handle in a way that involves consensus? Or is every decision about power politics and votes?"
Here's a short background article from the U.S. Senate website.
Stygius: "A 'Confirm Bolton' blog."
Stygius: "The delayed vote on John Bolton's UN nomination has definitely raised its profile in the media. AP's Anne Gearan has a mid-collapse analysis on the political stakes involved. Joining Republican Senators George Voinovich, Chuck Hagel, and Lincoln Chafee in their public reservations about Bolton, Alaska's Lisa Murkowski now feels comfortable standing up as well, even though she was expressing support on April 8. Also, Newsweek has finally begun wading into the story with some zest, and two recent stories --after being nationally read-- are two very big nails for this political coffin. The first was Isikoff and Hosenball's piece on former Amb. Thomas Hubbard's interview with the committee, which raises the possibility of Bolton perjuring himself. In a newish development, Laura Rozen points us to another Newsweek kidney punch reporting that in 2003 Britain had formally asked that Bolton be pulled from the Libya WMD negotiating team, and that his absence ensured the success of the effort."
Category: 2004 Presidential Transition
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