SCHUMER DECLARES WAR
Schumer's Agenda
From The New York Post
Editorial 7/10/05
With rumors rife of an imminent second vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court, the question at week's end was: Will President Bush get his wish that the coming replacement debate be a "dignified process"? ...
So what happens next?
Fireworks, given the rather foreboding words uttered last week by New York's senior senator.
"We are contemplating how we are going to go to war over this," Chuck Schumer was overheard saying into his cellphone on a[n]... Amtrak trip. ...
As the senior Democrat on the Senate Judiciary subcommittee on the courts, Schumer is the Democrats' point man on Bush's bench picks. ....
Yes, Chuck Schumer is a leader of what in more civil times was known as the loyal opposition.
But don't forget his other agenda.
Schumer has a political job: He's chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, tasked with raising money and recruiting candidates for next year's elections.
Thus, the confirmation hearings give him a unique and convenient platform.
The more Schumer demonizes Bush and Senate Republicans -- especially on Supreme Court nominees, the easier it is for him to fundraise and recruit.
With all that at stake, a "dignified process" is the last thing Schumer wants. He benefits from a partisan foodfight -- as do his fellow Democrats.
And who suffers?
Well, the nominee, obviously -- one more Robert Bork or Clarence Thomas gets his name dragged through the mud.
But when Schumer & Co. declare "war" -- strictly for partisan gain -- to prevent the president from fulfilling his constitutional duty to select judges, it's the country that'll suffer.
And the responsibility would be at Chuck Schumer's feet.
For Entire Article Please Visit: http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/editorial/49547.htm
From The New York Post
Editorial 7/10/05
With rumors rife of an imminent second vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court, the question at week's end was: Will President Bush get his wish that the coming replacement debate be a "dignified process"? ...
So what happens next?
Fireworks, given the rather foreboding words uttered last week by New York's senior senator.
"We are contemplating how we are going to go to war over this," Chuck Schumer was overheard saying into his cellphone on a[n]... Amtrak trip. ...
As the senior Democrat on the Senate Judiciary subcommittee on the courts, Schumer is the Democrats' point man on Bush's bench picks. ....
Yes, Chuck Schumer is a leader of what in more civil times was known as the loyal opposition.
But don't forget his other agenda.
Schumer has a political job: He's chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, tasked with raising money and recruiting candidates for next year's elections.
Thus, the confirmation hearings give him a unique and convenient platform.
The more Schumer demonizes Bush and Senate Republicans -- especially on Supreme Court nominees, the easier it is for him to fundraise and recruit.
With all that at stake, a "dignified process" is the last thing Schumer wants. He benefits from a partisan foodfight -- as do his fellow Democrats.
And who suffers?
Well, the nominee, obviously -- one more Robert Bork or Clarence Thomas gets his name dragged through the mud.
But when Schumer & Co. declare "war" -- strictly for partisan gain -- to prevent the president from fulfilling his constitutional duty to select judges, it's the country that'll suffer.
And the responsibility would be at Chuck Schumer's feet.
For Entire Article Please Visit: http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/editorial/49547.htm
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