Pete Domenici: “I want to read the operative paragraph from the Santa Fe New Mexican: With this spiteful behavior toward Bush…”

“I want to read the operative paragraph from the Santa Fe New Mexican: With this spiteful behavior toward Bush appointees, the Dems aren't exactly gaining goodwill. If they find [these nominees] so repugnant, let 'em vote against [them]; at least they'll be putting their ideals--or their party colors--on display. But this is no Mr. Smith against some diabolical establishment; it's a bunch of sore losers making themselves even more so. . . . This is not Pete Domenici speaking. I am reading from this editorial: The last thing our justice system needs is an ongoing feud over appointments to district and appellate judgeships. Now, yesterday, or maybe a day before, the major paper in the State, the Albuquerque Journal, had an editorial with a very interesting title: ``Filibuster Puts Bar [B-A-R] Too High for Judges.'' It is a very interesting editorial, with a play on words: ``Bar'' meaning the bench; and ``Bar,'' with the idea that you have to have 60 votes, is disavowed by this editorial. There is some nice recognition and discussion about the fact that a number of the Senators on the other side who are talking about this issue as if there was a filibuster allowed for judges--which I do not believe there is--the editorial explains that a number of Democrats were for doing away with the filibuster in its entirety about 10 years ago.…”