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Reports of the death of the Republican Party appear to have been premature.
Not since Sen. Bob Griffin derailed LBJ's scheme to replace Chief Justice Earl Warren with crony Abe Fortas, before Nixon got to the Oval Office, has the GOP defied this city and voted to reject a liberal judicial activist for the court.
In 1970, after revelations of scandal forced Fortas to resign, Rep. Gerald Ford moved to impeach "Wild Bill" Douglas on similar grounds. Then the fire went out -- for 40 years.
Meanwhile, Democrats trashed Republican nominees Clement Haynsworth, Harrold Carswell and Robert Bork, forced Reagan...
A GOP That Can Say No
Reply # 76
Date: Aug 10, 2009 - 7:31 AM EST The Problem is...
that people keep putting their trust in political parties. The Republicans are going to do this... the Democrats are going to do that. Don't you see, the job of the 2 major parties is to stay in power. Doing what's best for the country comes in a distant 2nd. I'm tired of all the political pundits using the word "bipartisan". What does bipartisan mean? It means I scratch your back, you scratch mine. Think about it. What ever happened to the word "nonpartisan"? We need to start taking nonpartisan approaches to our problems (it's not what's best for the party, but rather what's best for the country).
Personally, I...