In a “Vote that Shouldn’t be Ducked” Paul at PowerLine accuses Sen. Graham of ducking a negative vote on the nomination of Jim Haynes for the Fourth Circuit by blocking the nomination from moving out of the Judiciary Committee. This is based on an article in The Hill newspaper that says Graham is blocking the nomination.
I do not agree that he is ducking the vote. He has counted the tea leaves and sees enough votes in Committee to approve the nomination and then on the floor to confirm him. The only way to prevent the battle over the policy at Guantonomo from heating up again is to block the nomination. This is a better course of action than participating in a filibuster which would be hypocritical.
Sen. Graham: A Leading Light
Source: Senate Republican Conference
Our political culture and government processes have become dark places of partisanship and bickering. Those from each side of the aisle form groups and never allow their minds to meet. We desire good policy and clean politics, yet we vote for and encourage the slimy stuff we see. In the darkness we call Washington political culture there is a light: South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham.
View a snapshot of Sen. Graham
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