Political Quotes

“So as the Senator from Missouri said further, the little fish they let go through the nets but they catch the big fish, the folks who rule on the law, who have the ability to influence the character of the law in this country, the appellate level. They catch the big fish in the net. They have let 29 go through. But 29 to 12, that is about a third of the nominees that the President has put up for the circuit court who have been caught. I ask the Senator from Utah if he knows what is the usual percentage of circuit court--by the way, let me state this. Never have circuit court judges ever been filibustered, ever. But let's set aside the unconstitutional filibuster occurring right now, the unprecedented abuse of the Senate rules that is occurring here right now. Let's go back as if this were being done on an up-or-down vote. What percentage of Presidential nominees for the circuit court get through and are approved in a normal course?”