I wonder what the backstory is.

This is like Jesse Helms jerking Bill Weld's chain (and ironically, both were Republican--go figure?).

Say......I think Obama oughta nominate Jeb Bush!!!! *



He speaks Spanish, he has a Mexican wife....that nomination should sail through!! Or, if they really wanna screw with Obama, it would be funny to watch the GOP Senators vote him down...just because he's Obama's choice!

_{* This is a lighthearted chiste (joke) -- I am not serious. Gotta make these notes for the few irony-impaired ...!}

I love your postscript!

This thread has potential to blossom into a nice little discussion about the whole Senate nomination process, and how crappy/obstructive the GOP has been in this regard. I didn't want someone bigfooting all over it with "What?? How DARE you? You ACTUALLY think the POTUS should NOMINATE Jeb BUUUUSH? Oh, the Huge Manatee!!!" I've seen that kind of thing happen!

appointments except for the Supreme Court. Harry Reid could have gotten her a hearing one week and floor vote the next. I haven't seen any reasons for him to drag his feet so long. With the 114th, Republicans could, if voting as a solid block, deny her a vote or defeat the nomination.

But why did Reid not let her through when he held the power in the Senate?

Why wasn't she confirmed? She should've been put up for a vote, but of course, Harry Reid and Senate Dems decided it would be politically damaging to their "friends across the aisle" should they be forced to filibuster a Mexican-American as Ambassador to Mexico right before the elections. I'm certain Reid was worried that Democrats just might have an advantage in the midterms.

I swear...Reid has been a very WEAK Democratic Majority Leader but a strong Republican ally.

to bring this forward and allow the confirmation hearing to devolve into partisan attacks on this president.

But what about Loretta Lynch? It appears that she's sailing through confirmation because the GOP hate AG Holder and want him out. She should've been a shoe-in last year, but again, Reid decided to postpone her confirmation hearing until Mitch became Senate Majority Leader. The question is why?

It's patently clear that Reid has not been helpful to Democrats and Democratic policy, and he's been exceptionally difficult for President Obama until the American people and progressive and liberal groups starting loudly protesting. Then, and only after the House went firmly into the claws of the GOP, he relented and slowly changed the filibuster rules - on some things - and we began to slowly move forward.

Reid allowing Republicans to block those 440 House bills that then Speaker Pelosi got through, and what, I believe, would have kept the House in Democratic hands had he'd been firmer in his resolve as a Democrat, told me that he was clinging to the old ways of the Senate while Mitch had changed and decided to aggressively oppose everything President Obama and progressive Democrats wanted.

Reid has proven to be the GOP's favorite Democrat.

the Senate. Blue Dogs joined with Republicans and the Republicans filibustered.

Th filibuster was eliminated for those. Reid did control the Senate and could have brought it forward for a vote if he wanted.

"She is a member of the Executive Committee of the Democratic National Committee, a member of the Board of Directors of People for the American Way, the Children's Law Center of Washington, D.C., CARE, a humanitarian organization fighting global poverty and the Level Playing Field Institute, an organization devoted to promoting fairness in education and the workplace."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Echaveste

for advice from John Macain"t and Henry Killinger.