{"id":33631,"date":"2018-09-07T10:19:05","date_gmt":"2018-09-07T17:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=33631"},"modified":"2018-09-07T13:43:51","modified_gmt":"2018-09-07T20:43:51","slug":"kudos-to-the-senate-democrats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/09\/07\/kudos-to-the-senate-democrats\/","title":{"rendered":"Kudos to the Senate Democrats!"},"content":{"rendered":"

If I had a nickel for every time I have seen Senate Democrats smile weakly and cave-in, prompting me to want to pull out my hair, we could all retire in style.\u00a0 That’s why I nicknamed Harry Reid “The Nevada Leg Hound.”<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Today,<\/span> I could not be more proud of the Democrats’ performance in the Kava-Nazi hearings.\u00a0 and they’re not just making noise.\u00a0 They have a plan to win that actually might work.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Senate<\/p>\n

As the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh sailed this summer toward a presumed confirmation<\/a> in the fall, progressive activists implored Democrats in the Senate to escalate their fight\u2014even to abandon the chamber\u2019s cherished norms, if necessary\u2014in a bid to stop it.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, they got their wish.<\/p>\n

Led by Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey, Democrats on the Judiciary Committee released documents from Kavanaugh\u2019s service in the George W. Bush administration that had been labeled as \u201cconfidential\u201d and withheld from public view as the federal appellate judge sat for his confirmation hearing<\/strong>. One set of emails, leaked to The New York Times<\/a>, showed Kavanaugh casting doubt on the Court\u2019s precedent legalizing abortion. And in a contentious moment as the panel reconvened Thursday morning, Booker announced that he would risk expulsion by releasing emails related to Kavanaugh\u2019s views on affirmative action and racial profiling.<\/p>\n

\u201cI violated this rule knowingly<\/strong>,\u201d Booker said, describing his decision as an act of civil disobedience.<\/p>\n

In the face of an angry response from Republicans on the committee, senior Democrats said they would stand alongside Booker if the Senate sought to punish him. \u201cLet\u2019s jump into this pit together<\/strong>,\u201d said Senator Dick Durbin, the second-ranking Democrat in the chamber. \u201cIf there is going to be some retribution against the senator from New Jersey, count me in<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n

The support led Booker to remark: \u201cThis is probably the closest I\u2019ll ever have in my life to having an \u2018I am Spartacus\u2019 moment<\/strong>.\u201d (Republicans later said they had agreed to release the documents before Booker acted, though they protested his move at the time.)… [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Inserted from <The Atlantic<\/a>><\/span><\/p>\n

If you believe the Republican claims that they has already agreed to release the documents, talk to me about buying shares in a ski lodge in the high mountains of Kansas.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here are a few examples of the fighting<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n