Political Quotes

“the answer is yes. As I said earlier, we know the difference between opposing nominees and blocking nominees. I believe this is the time to put all of this behind us. Eight years of President Clinton, four years of President Bush, let's move forward. That is what this proposal is all about. Let's move forward. After we finish that, let's see where we are and see what else we can do. I think it is time to move forward. Again, I have no problem distinguishing between what happened to the 69 Clinton would-be judges who never showed up, never saw the light of day, and all those we have dealt with in the normal process in the 4 years President Bush has been President. We have been very selective in those we have opposed. We think we are right on every one of them. Hindsight will tell. This whole dispute is over 5 judges, 5 out of 218. It seems that people of goodwill can agree, as my distinguished friend from Nebraska Senator Hagel indicated this weekend on television, when he said: We should be able to work this out. We should. The world is watching us. We should not be changing the rules by breaking the rules. We should not do that. I hope the distinguished Senator from Tennessee, the majority leader, my friend, will accept the gesture of goodwill we have made. It is a step in the right direction. I hope we can let bygones be bygones and move forward. ____________________”