Democrats Would Go Nuclear

Quick question: Does anyone truly believe that if Democrats were in power, they wouldn’t have already confirmed their liberal judges through the Senate nomination process? After all of the election shenanigans we have read about (unless we were listening to the Mainstream Media, of course), I have no doubt that they would stop at nothing to pass through their agenda if they had the power to achieve it.

Think of just a couple of examples – 1) The unprecedented filibustering of Bush’s judicial nominees; 2) slashing Republican vans and numerous other voter fraud examples on Election Day to swing Wisconsin to Kerry (see Washington Post article); 3) Barbara “Lightweight” Boxer’s halting of Bush’s election certification in the Senate while Democrats questioned the validity of the election; 4) Nancy “Botox” Pelosi, who stated on Election Day, “I'm going to mark the occasion by pledging to do everything in my power to fight the extremist Republicans' destructive agenda.”

I could go on forever, but you get the point – Democrats have clearly stated, both through their actions and words, they will stop at nothing from achieving their goals. For this reason, I simply cannot understand why Arlen Specter is so wary about using the “nuclear option.” Specter said at a press conference yesterday, "If we have the nuclear option, the Senate will be in turmoil and the Judiciary Committee will be hell." (Also see Ankle Biting Pundits for an excellent piece on the subject.)

As David Limbaugh clearly points out, this is not a “nuclear” option at all – it is merely “a necessary corrective measure to remedy the Democrat minority's unprecedented abuse of power over the president's judicial appointments.” He continues,

Up until this president's tenure, there was an understanding that Senate minorities wouldn't filibuster his judicial nominees, because to do so, in effect, upsets the Constitution's prescribed separation of powers -- one of the most important bulwarks in the Constitution designed to limit government by preventing any one branch from gaining too much power.

Republicans need to quit squandering their own prosperity and adopting the timid approach every time they get in power. The voters elected them, and they have the right -- indeed the duty -- to attempt to implement their agenda fairly and squarely under the rules. To do so would be neither an act of extremism nor an abuse of power, but the fulfillment of what they promised the voters when running for office.

The Democrats have already clearly stated their goals and demonstrated their means of achieving them. It is time for Specter to do what is necessary to maintain the balance.