'Obstruction' charges not sticking

[struggle4progress]

Republicans' plans to blame Democrats for obstructing the president's agenda to gain ground in upcoming congressional races have backfired, some experts say, and instead, Republicans have slowly been losing the issues they had once hoped to highlight.
Lobbyists and campaign experts said Democrats can't be fully blamed for obstructing the contentious energy bill, which has lingered in the Senate for more than a year. And Senate Democrats undercut naysayers when they made a deal with President Bush to clear the way for votes on 25 judicial nominees.
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And Mr. Bush all but killed obstruction arguments on his judicial nominations last week when he agreed to a deal with Senate Democrats to dislodge 25 of 32 judicial nominees for a final vote. In exchange, Mr. Bush agreed not to make any more recess appointments — the president's constitutional authority to temporarily place a nominee on the bench without Senate approval.
The deal infuriated conservatives, and left Democrats saying it proves charges of obstruction are false.
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http://washingtontimes.com/national/20040609-113514-3882r.htm


The Moonie rag apparently admits to some worries about November.

[k in IA]

1. "We control all branches of government but we can't get what we

want" Wwwaaahhh!

Nobody with a brain is going to buy that crap.