Reid Showing Cojones

A bit late to go on the attack but nice to see.

"Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is accusing Republicans of undermining national security, saying GOP filibusters of White House nominees are leaving critical posts empty at the State Department and Department of Homeland Security."

Attacking repubs on their bread and butter issues is great. Keep hitting on this point.

GOP Having Problems Raising Money Against Sotomayor

Turns out that hate doesn't make money. After months of calling Obama's Supreme Court nominee her racist, it doesn't seem to be having the money appeal they had hoped.

From the Politico:

"Nearly a month after President Barack Obama picked her for the Supreme Court, Republican senators say Sonya Sotomayor isn’t serving as the political lightning rod some in their party had hoped she would be.

'She doesn’t have the punch out there in terms of fundraising and recruiting, I think — at least so far,' said Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), who most likely will be elected as the No. 4 Republican in Senate leadership this week."

For the GOP to think that their venomous attacks against an accomplished judge/lawyer would pull in the cash and support is ludicrous. I think they know their licked on this one.

The GOP Attacks Come

It took about 2 hours to organize the GOP attack squad. While I believe some repubs had prepared things to complain about, others are still taking their time before committing to an attack. 

Gov Mike Huckabee- "the clearest indication yet that President Obama’s campaign promises to be a centrist and think in a bipartisan way were mere rhetoric.”

Minority Speaker Mitch Boehner- “Senate Republicans will treat Judge Sotomayor fairly. But we will thoroughly examine her record to ensure she understands that the role of a jurist in our democracy is to apply the law even-handedly, despite their own feelings or personal or political preferences.”

Michael Steele-  “Republicans will reserve judgment on Sonia Sotomayor until there has been a thorough and thoughtful examination of her legal views.”

By looking at some of the other unknown commenters, they are going to attack her for using her "feelings" (her ability to empathize.) When did empathy become a liability? Also, attacking a women for her ability to empathize (or man for that fact) is absolutely rediculous. From what I have heard, she has been a rule of law kind of person. In one instance, ruling against a pro-choice group. 

Supreme Court Justice David Souter to Retire

Justice Souter has informed Obama that he plans on retiring. Souter tends to vote on the liberal side of the court so it won't swing the court in any new direction. 

If Obama's plate wasn't full with the economy, car companies, health care, stimulus bill and a ton of other stuff, he just got a whole second course, the desert, and an expresso all in one giant helping. 

The media blitz that is needed to get a supreme court nomination confirmed is arduous. The nominee needs a PR specialist, a liason in the senate to introduce the nominee to all the senators who will vote and several assistants to keep track of schmoozing senators.

VP Joe Biden has been chosen to pick the individual and I feel he's going to be lead point man on this nomination. He was chairman of the judiciary committee that conducts the hearings on the nominee. I think Joe is the right pick.