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Wednesday, May 04, 2005
Patterico is talking about a "conventional" option on judicial nominees. We're talking about a Sense of the Senate resolution, if I'm not mistaken.
I definitely think that if the GOP uses this, it ought to put it in these mundane terms.
I also think the GOP should make explicit that it is not taking a binding vote that could ever be interpreted as advise and consent, instead asserting that the true aim is to send a signal to the executive as to whether the nomination should be pursued or withdrawn.
And here's the real non-nuclear option: Arlen Specter takes the floor to announce a resolution expressing "the Sense of the Senate that the President should withdraw his nominee."
What do the Dems do? Demand that the Senate consider no such option? Or let a measure calling for the nominee's withdrawal be defeated.
posted by gbarto at 2:54 PM
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