Pete Domenici: “Madam President and fellow Senators, I want to start by submitting a couple of editorials from papers in the State of…”

“Madam President and fellow Senators, I want to start by submitting a couple of editorials from papers in the State of New Mexico. First of all, I want to start with an editorial from a paper in New Mexico called the Santa Fe New Mexican. I do not want to editorialize too much about this paper, but I think it is fair to say this is not a conservative newspaper. I believe it is fair to say it is a pretty liberal paper. It is probably even more than mildly liberal, very liberal. But I was impressed by their grasp of this issue and a statement that was in their editorial. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that these editorials be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: [Santa Fe New Mexican (New Mexico), Feb. 24, 2003] Bingaman Should Lead Dems' Filibuster Retreat As legendary prizefighter Joe Louis said of an upcoming opponent reputed to be fast on his feet: ``He can run, but he can't hide.'' Senate Democrats, along with the Republican majority, fled Washington last week as their way of honoring Presidents' Day. The annual recess suspended their filibuster against a federal judgeship vote. The Dems are making an unwarranted stand, and an unseemly fuss, over the nomination of Miguel Estrada to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. The filibuster--protracted talking under senatorial privilege--had consumed a week of debate about Estrada before the senators left town.…”