Senate Majority Leader Reid Playing Politics With Nominations

By: Brian Darling (Diary)  |  March 13th at 01:00 PM  | 

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has tossed some red meat to his left wing base who have called for an end to the filibuster.  On Monday, Reid filed cloture on 17 district court nominations as a means to argue that Republicans are obstructing President Obama’s judicial nominations.  According to one Senate study, President Obama and President George W. Bush’s nominations are on the same pace. Reid’s allegations of Republican obstructionism are pure politics.  | Read More »

Fake Filibuster Outrage From Left

By: Brian Darling (Diary)  |  March 12th at 06:10 PM  | 

The left is fear-mongering on the issue of the filibuster.  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid filed cloture on 17 nominees today and the left was quick to parrot the Reid talking points claiming Republican “obstruction” of these nominees.  The fact of the matter is that there is no filibuster and Reid is merely setting the table so he can make hysterical arguments about Republican obstructionism. | Read More »