How Republicans can end the logjam over judicial nominees [View All]

[bluestateguy]

I am not usually in the business of giving advice to my political enemies, but I think resolving the never ending cycle of political retaliation would ultimately be a good thing. Don't think for a moment that the Goopers won't try to block all of a President Clark or Dean's appointments to the federal bench.

Here is my suggestion that I call on the Senate Democrats to propose. Democrats will lift fillibusters and allow for cloture on all Bush judicial nominees--though they will still vote against them--provided that the follwing conditions are met: 1) The RNC, Senate Republican Caucus and the Bush Administration issues a formal apology and admission of wrongdoing for blocking Bill Clinton's judicial nomination, 2) Judge Ronnie White, who was smeared by Sen. Ashcroft in 1998, is reappointed to a US District judgeship with the endorsement of both of Missouri's Republican senators and a cloture vote is guaranteed and 3) Republicans pledge not to block the next Democratic president's judicial appointments from coming up for a vote.