Did you see Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) on the floor of the Senate yesterday? He was supposed to be speaking about the filibuster but he entertained us instead with giant flash cards. One said 98.5%. He draws on an invalid equavalancy comparing the percentage of nominees confirmed under Clinton's administration with that of Bush. He says Bush has received 98 percent of what he's asked for and the other two percent is just too extreem for the country.
We start by separating the apples from the oranges. The percentage Lautenberg puts up includes nominees from the lower courts too, of which comprise the greater numbers. Lower court nominees get approved out of hand, it's the federal apeallate level that the left is testy over, and the percentage of approval there is around 55%.
When a majority party only has 55% of their nominees that have moved to the floor for an up or down vote, makes you wonder why the obstruction there, and not the lower level? You already know the reason, the federal courts of appeals (and up) are depended on by the democrats to inject their policies into law rather than the old fashioned way, through the legislatures and the ballot box. Democracy doesn't suit them as well as judicial activism.
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