A New Day
The elections are finally over and my candidates won. Yes I had two candidates in the race: George W Bush and John Thune of South Dakota. In case you are wondering who Thune is, he is the guy who just defeated Democratic Minority Leader, Tom Daschale. This was the second most importatnt race in the country.Tom Daschale is the head of the democrats in the Senate and since the President took office, Tom Daschle has made the obstruction of President's Bush's judicual nominees his number priority.
Anyone remember Miguel Estrada, the true American success story who was nominated to serve on the DC Circuit Court of Appeals. Miguel Estrada immigrated to the U.S. as a teenager speaking virtually no English. He graduated from Harvard Law School and Columbia College. He has argued 15 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. He would be the first Hispanic judge on the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Court.
Miguel Estrada as well as Henry W. Saad, Richard A. Griffin, William G. Myers III and David W. McKeague were nominated by the President had their nominations were filibustered by Tom Dascahle. For those wondering what a fillibuster is the web definition is as follows
A time-delaying tactic associated with the Senate and used by a minority in an effort to delay, modify or defeat a bill or amendment that probably would pass if voted on directly. The most common method is to take advantage of the Senate’s rules permitting unlimited debate.
Miguel Estrada finally withdraw his name from the consideration list after two years. Senators like Tom Daschle did not want him on the bench because he is conservative and pro life. Never mind that the American Bar Association unanimously awarded Estrada its highest possible rating. As long as he was pro life, Dascahle and his croonies were not going to allow him on the bench.
Not only am I glad that Tom Daschle is gone, he also made history in leaving. Daschle is the first Senate leader in 52 years to lose a re-election bid.
With Tom Daschle gone after 18 years of service in the Senate, it is definitely going to be a new day in the US Senate.
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