Political Quotes

“I am not surprised because what we are about tonight is not the issues families care about. We are about a political script. Senator Reid of Nevada read to us this all-points bulletin that was sent out to the Senators saying: Be sure and get over here exactly at 6 o'clock. It said: The Fox News channel is really excited about this marathon. Britt Hume at 6 would love to open with all of our 51 Senators walking on to the floor. The producer wants to know, will we walk in exactly at 6:02 when the show starts so they can get it live to open Britt Hume's show, or, if not, can we give them an exact time for the walk-in? That is what this is about: It is about theater. The theater we are witnessing tonight is one where, frankly, the curtain should come down. We ought to start talking about things people really care about across America. I can tell you, it is not about 4 judges out of 172. We have approved for this President 168 of his nominees. I think it is a new record. I do not think any President in that brief a period of time has had 168 nominees approved. Lest you believe the Democrats dragged their feet, we approved 100 of these judges during the 17 months Pat Leahy was chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. The remaining 68 came through under Republican Chairman Hatch. I think there has been a concerted and conscientious effort to give the President his nominees. Then, of course, there were 4 who were not approved--168 to 4.”