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Last night, Nevada Senator Dean Heller, a Republican, warned on ABC News that the threat by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to trigger the so-called nuclear option to eliminate the filibuster of presidential nominees would touch off a political feud that would be like the Hatfields and the McCoys on steroids. This morning, the Hatfields and McCoys called a truce.
The terms of the deal struck between Democrats and Republicans, which was brokered by, um, Sheriff John McCain (R-Ariz.), are highly favorable to the Democrats. Reid will get the votes he desires on the nominations of Richard Cordray to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Thomas Perez as Labor Secretary, and Gina McCarthy to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, along with several others. Cordrays vote is particularly significant, because Republicans had blocked him not because they thought he was unqualified, but because they strenuously objected to the very existence of the CFPB. (Heres a list of all the GOP senators (PDF) who vowed not to confirm a director without significant reforms to the bureau.) Thats a big win for Reid, even though there was no justification for blocking Cordray in the first place, since the Congress had passedand the president signeda law bringing the CFPB into being.
Dirty Harry Reid strikes again. Too bad he didn't die in that automobile accident. That would have been a national tragedy.
Dirty Harry Reid strikes again. Too bad he didn't die in that automobile accident. That would have been a national tragedy.
Dirty Harry Reid strikes again. Too bad he didn't die in that automobile accident. That would have been a national tragedy.
Dirty Harry Reid strikes again. Too bad he didn't die in that automobile accident. That would have been a national tragedy.
How does wishing for his death accomplish anything other than make you a murderer in your heart?
The Republicans won the deal. They still got two members nixed from the NLRB. So what good did he actually do? Richard Cordray? Really?
Eyeah..dude.
That's huge.
Dirty Harry Reid strikes again. Too bad he didn't die in that automobile accident. That would have been a national tragedy.
How does wishing for his death accomplish anything other than make you a murderer in your heart?
This is another example of why I left the Republican party. Actually one side wishing death on the other was kind of the last straw.
The Republicans won the deal. They still got two members nixed from the NLRB. So what good did he actually do? Richard Cordray? Really?
Eyeah..dude.
That's huge.
In what way? Explain yourself.
How does wishing for his death accomplish anything other than make you a murderer in your heart?
This is another example of why I left the Republican party. Actually one side wishing death on the other was kind of the last straw.
Um people on the left do that all the time you know. It's wrong from both sides.
Eyeah..dude.
That's huge.
In what way? Explain yourself.
Sure.
First off Cordray is a very competent executive with respect from both sides of the aisle.
And second, Republicans were trying to kill the Consumer Protection Bureau by leaving it leaderless.
This is actually a big win for everyone.
INCLUDING Republicans.
McCain gave away the friggin store again.
Why doesn't he just jump over the Democrat side instead of pretending to be a Republican?
McCain gave away the friggin store again.
Why doesn't he just jump over the Democrat side instead of pretending to be a Republican?
there was no justification for blocking Cordray in the first place
there was no justification for blocking Cordray in the first place
There was no justification to block the vast majority of Obamas nominees in the first place being nominated by a democratic president is not justification.
