Harry Reid: “The fact is that there are three ways to dispose of Estrada: No. 1, pull the nomination so we can go to other issues…”

“The fact is that there are three ways to dispose of Estrada: No. 1, pull the nomination so we can go to other issues that affect this country, such as the economy, such as have a discussion relating to the global warming document that came out today indicating there certainly needs to be a lot more done regarding global warming. It certainly is time we should be talking about the education of our children. Yesterday, the Democratic leader offered an economic stimulus plan. We wanted to bring that to the floor. So the nomination should be pulled for those other reasons. If that is not the case, then there is another way of disposing of this matter perhaps--by having the majority file a cloture motion. That failing, it seems to me they should meet our request to have him honestly--I should not say honestly--thoroughly answer questions that have been propounded to him; and, secondly, submit the memos to this body, at least to the Judiciary Committee, so they can review the memos he wrote while he was Solicitor General.”