blow-hard

And the Senate has a rule allowing this. It should be eliminated, and those who try to use it like this should be subject to massive ridicule. But it's not unconstitutional

The Constitution no where say that one or a few Senators can put a hold on a nominee. Just because the Senate makes a rule does not make that rule constitutional, that was the logic that Nixon use when he thought anything that the Pres. did could not be against the law.

The Senate makes me sick. At least in the House of Representatives they are willing to show distain for fellow members, but the Senate clowns seem to think they are far above all that nonsense and that only their individual opinion on the nature of things is suitable to be applied to the nation as a while. Fuck those empirical bastards.

"flow" instead of "no"
"application" instead of "election"
"mere" instead of "here"

Does he really think it would have been a huge deal if Rice had said Al Qaeda?

The last time it was used, one senator blocked passage of the new federal ban on synthetic drugs for months, until its sponsors agreed to remove mandatory minimum sentencing provisions. You won't like who that senator was, but it was a good thing.

In this case, Graham is shamefully playing pure politics.

.. that there's no dirt on Graham out there?

I'm tired of the Dems trying to deal with those people on a rational, policy level.

We need oppo on these guys.

Surely a closeted, self-loathing gay has some skeletons in his closet.

I personally don't care who or what Graham sleeps with, but perhaps his faithful do.