Political Quotes

“In the debate over the Estrada nomination, there are many issues that flow back and forth. One of them is the question of what the public believes, and what the editorial boards across this Nation believe. The editorial from the New York Times was discussed earlier. I point out that this editorial in the New York Times was one of only a few editorials in the country that supports the position that the Senate should continue with a filibuster of this nomination. In fact, only eight of the editorial boards across this Nation have taken the position of supporting the filibuster of Miguel Estrada's nomination, while fully 51 editorial boards across the Nation support ending the obstruction of this nomination and conclusion of the filibuster and resulting in an up-or-down vote in the Senate on the Estrada nomination, including the Los Angeles Review Journal which on two separate occasions supported Mr. Estrada.”