{"id":4161,"date":"2005-05-10T09:29:25","date_gmt":"2005-05-10T13:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com\/archives\/4161.html"},"modified":"2005-05-10T09:29:25","modified_gmt":"2005-05-10T13:29:25","slug":"another-reid-offer-another-rejection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/another-reid-offer-another-rejection\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Reid offer, another rejection"},"content":{"rendered":"

Harry Reid seems to have a penchant for offering Bill Frist really sweet deals that he knows Frist won’t accept. It happened two weeks ago<\/a> and it happened again yesterday<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid on Monday offered the Democrats’ support for one of President Bush’s judicial nominees, former Senate lawyer Thomas Griffith, as a goodwill gesture in the confrontation over banning judicial filibusters. <\/p>\n

“Let’s take a step away from the precipice,” Reid said. “Let’s try cooperation, rather than confrontation, which seems to be the hallmark of what we’ve been doing here lately.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This was no minor concession. Griffith, a Bush nominee to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, practiced law without a license in Utah for nearly five years, lost his D.C. law license, and passed up 10 opportunities<\/a> to take the Utah bar exam. (Practicing law without a license is illegal.) Better yet, the American Bar Association gave Griffith the lowest possible passing grade<\/a> for a judicial nominee.<\/p>\n

But there was Reid, showing some flexibility, telling his colleagues on the other side of the aisle that they can bring Griffith to the floor, lawmakers would have a debate, and then Republicans could confirm the nomination. After all, that’s what Republicans want, right?<\/p>\n

Not exactly.
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\nReid’s offer to move forward on Griffith’s nomination was rejected<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Republicans declined, interested in maintaining indignation over other blocked nominees to fortify themselves to change the filibuster rules.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It was a telling turn of events. The Dems clear the way for confirmation of a controversial would-be judge — who really has no business even being nominated — and the Republicans pass on the chance. The GOP doesn’t want to confirm judicial nominees; they want to complain about not<\/i> confirming judicial nominees.<\/p>\n

Also take note of the p.r. success for Reid. Once again, there’s the Senate Minority Leader, reaching out, offering a good-faith gesture that would put another Bush nominee on the federal bench. And once again, there’s Bill Frist saying no and embracing division over compromise.<\/p>\n

I wonder sometimes if Frist realizes how bad Reid is making him look.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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