Republican Obstructionists Wholesale Blocking Of Federal Nominations

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The Senate, and not the House, has exclusive power to approve, or disapprove, of executive department appointments. Currently an obstructionist agenda from the Republican Party seeking to undermine the Democratic president is blocking virtually all of his appointments to the judicial branch. Since taking office Obama has nominated 18 people o serve on the federal bench. Except for the high profile Supreme Court appointment (Sonia Sotomayor), the obstructionist Republicans have managed to bottle up all of the president's nominations to the judiciary as well as to executive departments like the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice (Tom Perez) and the Office of Legal Counsel for the same Department (Dawn Johnsen). Weak and incompetent Democratic leadership in the Senate from a Nevada senator battling for his own political survival has enabled the Republican minority-- along with a small handful of reactionary Democrats like Blanche Lincoln and Ben Nelson-- to frustrate the new administration.
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They really aren't doing anything now BUT obstructing. And DeMint has the gall to say that Obama is concentrating on health care to the detriment of other issues.
The Rethugs don't even have issues.

simple, imnsho and I'm betting history will so judge. :P