WHAT IF THERE WERE ONLY 35 DEMOCRAT SENATORS??

HARRY REID REFERS TO THE FILIBUSTER AS IF IT WAS THE ONLY THING WHICH STOOD BETWEEN DEMOCRACY AND TOTALITARIANISM.

WELL, IF THERE WERE ONLY 35 DEMOCRAT SENATORS, WOULD THEY EXPECT THE GOP MAJORITY TO RAISE THE NUMBER OF VOTES IN ORDER TO INVOKE CLOTURE?

THAT'S ABSURD!

THERE'S NOTHING "MAGICAL" ABOUT THE NUMBER 40. IT USED TO BE 35; BEFORE THAT, IT WAS 30. THE DEMS CHANGED IT - TO INCREASE THEIR POWER AND DECREASE THE POWER OF THE GOP SENATORS.

THERE IS SOMETHING "MAGICAL" ABOUT MAJORITY RULE - IT'S CALLED DEMOCRACY.

IF THESE 5 NOMINEES WERE REALLY "BEYOND THE PALE" THEN THEY WOULD NOT PASS IN A STRAIGHT UP-OR-DOWN SENATE VOTE.

THINK ABOUT THIS: BUSH IS HAVING A PROBLEM WITH 5/270 NOMINEES. THAT'S 1/54th. HARDLY AN AMOUNT THAT WOULDS IRREVOCABLY HURT THE JUDICIARY. AND THERE ARE ABOUT 200 APPELLATE JUDGES ON SVERAL CIRCUITS. THESE FIVE NOMINEES CANNOT POSSIBLY CHANGE - IN ANY MAJOR WAY - THE CHARACTER OF THE APPELATE COURTS TO WHICH THEY ARE NOMINATED, IF THEY ARE CONFIRMED.

WHICH PRIOVES THAT THE WHOLE ISSUE IS NOTHING MORE THAN HYSTERICAL LEFT-WING BS! THE DEMS ARE HOLDING UP THE NOMINEES TO RAISE MONEY FROM THEIR LEFT-WING BASE, TO PROVE THEIR "WORTH." THE DEMS HAVE PROSTITUTED THEMSELVES TO THE ANTI-MAJORITARIAN, ANTI-MIDDLE-AMERICAN, LEFT-WING. THIS WILL GET THEM MONEY - IN THE SHORT RUN - AND AN EVER-DWINDLING RESULT AT THE BALLOT BOX IN THE COMING ELECTIONS.