The new Fascist in charge at Justice

Michael Mukasey who, as we all know, will follow in the footsteps of Alberto Gonzales and allow George Bush to ignore the Constitution and torture in the name of the United States, was confirmed by a vote of 53-40, as the next Attorney General.

This is a classic example of why the Democrats will never effectively manage Congress again. When key players such as Schumer and Feinstein can not hold with the party there is no hope of ever effectively holding the party line. The Republicans will always find one or two to pick off as they continue to hold together even after the 2008 defeats.

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I just do not get this sh**............

Daily Kos

The so-called "60-vote requirement" applies only when it is time to do something to limit the Bush administration. It is merely the excuse Senate Democrats use to explain away their chronic failure/unwillingness to limit the President, and it is what the media uses to depict the GOP filibuster as something normal and benign. There obviously is no "60-vote requirement" when it comes to having the Senate comply with the President's demands, as the 53-vote confirmation of Michael Mukasey amply demonstrates. But as Mukasey is sworn in as the highest law enforcement officer in America, the Democrats want you to know that they most certainly did stand firm and "registered their displeasure."

Reid Allowed Vote On Mukasey In Exchange For Military Funding Bill - The Huffington Post

According to sources inside and outside the Democratic leadership, Harry Reid allowed a vote on Mukasey because in exchange the Republican leadership agreed to allow a vote on the big Defense Appropriations Bill, which contains $459 billion in military spending but doesn't fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Reid had wanted to get this bill passed before the end of this week, and in fact, the defense bill did come up for a vote late last night and was passed after the Mukasey vote.

One key reason Dem leaders wanted this defense approps bill passed, sources tell me, is that they wanted to be able to argue that they had sent a bill to the President fu?ding the military, if not the war itself. The idea was that doing this would allow them to protect themselves in the days ahead when the battle over Iraq funding heats up and Republicans inevitably charge that Dems are refusing to fund the troops.