Whaaaaaaaaaa! GOP Senators In Full Whine Mode: Dems Left Us Out Of Loop On Sotomayor Timing

GOP Senators: Dems Left Us Out Of Loop On Sotomayor Timing

Uh oh. It looks like GOP Senators may make an issue out of the fact that they were kept out of the loop on today’s announcement of the date of the Sonia Sotomayor hearings.

Today, Senator Patrick Leahy, the chair of the Judiciary Committee, announced that Sotomayor’s confirmation hearings would begin on July 13th. Leahy said that the date would give Senators ample time to dissect Sotomayor’s record — a period comparable to the ones granted previous nominations by GOP administrations.

According to a GOP source familiar with the situation, however, GOP Senators on the committee, including ranking member Jeff Sessions, weren’t informed of the decision by Dems on the committee, and only learned about it from Leahy’s announcement. The source says that Leahy made the timing decision unilaterally.

The source adds that it’s likely that Republican Senators will speak out about this fact, presumably to suggest that the committee wasn’t approaching the timing question in bipartisan fashion.

Dems, however, will likely respond that it’s Leahy’s prerogative, as committee chair, to make the decision unilaterally and to announce it as he sees fit.

At any rate, we may be hearing GOP Senators complaining about this soon enough.

http://theplumline.whorunsgov.com/senate-republicans/gop-senators-dems-left-us-out-of-loop-on-sotomayor-timing/

on MSNBC accusing Sotomayor of doing a "bad job" filling out her questionnaire and doing it on purpose to deflect criticism of her more than 3000 cases...blah blah blah... Leahy pulled a fast one and the GOP is pissed! :rofl:

another sparrow fart in a tornado...what a waste of skin...:D

maybe he'll tweet someone about it. Why do they teach old people new tricks?

At least this should put the Twitter fad to bed once and for all, when a puke picks up new technology it's just not good enough.

They tried to foist Harriet Meyers on the nation...:eyes:

Certainly seems to the rest of the nation they've had plenty of time to bash Sotomayor...they have nothing, they should just sit down and shut up...bunch of bigoted jugheads...x(

And let's not forget that Legal Giant Thomas...i'm still trying to figure out what keeps that emptyheaded gasbag on the ground...;)

however; the Repugs only use bi-partisanship as a weapon not a collaborative effort. They have been given plenty of opportunities to come on board early in a lot of legislation and they act like idiots.
Enough is Enough.....

Maybe they should read her questionnaire before condemning it. I bet you if they were asked what they had read you would get blank faces and then a bunch of excuses why they didn't read it.

Obama taking Michelle on a date to NYC so they're like the little boy who cried Wolf.

Who really pays attention?

not getting their way. Sucks to be them.