Originally Posted By gadzuux The confirmation hearings for elevating Elena Kagan to fill the departing Steven's supreme couart seat begins today. And republicans are having a hard time being obstructionist. Not that they aren't trying, but they can't seem to find anything to complain about. At this point, it's like a knee-jerk reaction for the GOP - they MUST oppose everything and everyone associated with this administration, so they try to dig up mud to fling. And when they can't find any, it's a problem - because what else are republicans for, except to demogogue and destroy people's reputations? <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37967924/ns/politics/" target="_blank">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37...olitics/</a> >> GOP struggles for line of attack ahead of Kagan hearings Republican criticism of Supreme Court nominee finds little traction [Excerpts] >> For weeks leading up to the start of Elena Kagan's Senate confirmation hearings Monday, Republicans have struggled to find a compelling line of attack to take against the Supreme Court nominee. But their efforts to wield an effective cudgel against President Obama's second nomination to the country's highest court have largely failed. Republicans, privately frustrated, acknowledge that they have searched without luck for a controversy to pin on Kagan, Obama's solicitor general, since she was nominated in early May. "There's been so little oxygen for this," said one senior Republican aide. That is not to say that Republicans have given up. Several senators on the Judiciary Committee have pushed hard to point out their differences with her views. "I think her nomination has real problems that need to be examined," Sen. Jeff Sessions (Ala.), the ranking Republican on the committee, said Sunday on CBS's "Face the Nation." "I believe she's entitled to a fair hearing and a chance to respond, but this nominee has a very thin record legally — never tried a case, never argued before a jury, only had her first appearance in the appellate courts a year ago. She just is not the kind of nominee you would normally expect to have." << You can just hear the frustration in their comments. That 'want' to be obstructionist but they can't find much of anything to complain about.
Originally Posted By ecdc Good old Orrin Hatch called her the A word - activist. God forbid we all just agree she's qualified and move on without those kinds of comments. They want to oppose her...they just don't know why.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>She just is not the kind of nominee you would normally expect to have.<< LOL! Yeah, normally there's more red herrings to throw out against someone, more ways to besmirch their character and judgement. What a circus.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan Soon the only nominees will be people who have been kept in a mayonaisse jar on Funk & Wagnall's porch their entire lives. This isn't about qualifications, it's about politics, grandstanding and the usual nonsense. No wonder people just give up on politics, it's very draining. And just to save us 140 posts about it, yeah, both sides do it. But this time, it's the GOP, protesting just because it's what they've been reduced to.
