I guess the MSM's job is to wave the fingers in your face.
"Kagan vote will be a telling test for Brown; Either way, he will irk some backers" by Mark Arsenault and Susan Milligan, Globe Staff | July 7, 2010
WASHINGTON — Former Harvard Law School dean Elena Kagan’s solid performance during committee hearings last week all but assures her confirmation by a comfortable margin, so Brown is not in a position to affect the outcome. But....
The Globe is going to waste a WHOLE PILE of PRINT and a FRONT-PAGE SPACE on this.
Brown has not made up his mind on Kagan’s nomination, according to his staff, and he declined yesterday to comment on the confirmation vote or the political implications. Her nomination is expected to reach the Senate floor for a decision before the August recess, perhaps as early as next week....
But knowing the Senate it will be much later.
Thus we have what I call FRONT-PAGE FILLER!!
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Related:
Selecting a Senator: Electing George W. Bush
Selecting a Senator: Brown is Bush
Brown's Senate Service Template
The U.S. Senate's Chief Brownnoser to Israel
That's all I needed to know about Brownie.
You know what you can do for me, Brown?
Step down.
Also see:
Midterm politics form Kagan backdrop
Kagan’s writings, deanship pounded
And:
"The Judiciary Committee — 12 Democrats and 7 Republicans — has not scheduled a vote on her nomination. After the committee votes on whether to recommend her, Kagan’s nomination will go to the full Senate, probably in mid-July, for a confirmation vote to the lifetime position.
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And:
NRA unlikely to derail Kagan’s confirmation
Related: Gunning For Congress
And if they can't do it....
"Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, a Vermont Democrat, set July 13 for a panel vote on Kagan’s nomination. Republicans can delay that for a week....
I'm all on edge.
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More: U.S. Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan: Israel means a lot to me
Elena Kagan thought experiment
