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To: cirrus who wrote (26595)7/6/2005 3:57:55 PM
From: James CalladineRead Replies (1) of 237945
 
IS REID INSANE OR PLAYING SOME KIND OF RIDICULOUS POLITICAL GAME......?

Reid: Gonzales Qualified for High Court

1 hour, 38 minutes ago

Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid on Wednesday pronounced Attorney General Alberto Gonzales qualified to sit on the Supreme Court, but added, "I don't know if he'd have an easy way through" Senate confirmation.

Reid also chided conservatives for criticizing Gonzales while Bush was overseas. "I think it's too bad the president has to respond in Denmark about statements from the far right," he said. "People here have gone a little too far."

Gonzales was confirmed as attorney general by a vote of 60-36 earlier this year as Republicans overrode Democratic critics who said he had helped formulate White House policies that led to torture of prisoners held overseas as part of the war on terror.

"Alberto Gonzales is qualified. He's attorney general of the United States and a former Texas judge," Reid said. "But having said that he's qualified, I don't know if he'd have an easy way through."

Republicans have a 55-44 majority in the Senate, with one Democratic-leaning independent. Barring a filibuster, a unified GOP would have enough votes to confirm Bush's selection to the court.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050706/ap_on_go_co/scotus_democrats
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