DEMS Should Have Voted On A Resolution of CONFIDENCE for Gonzales

[boston bean]

What would have the Repugs done then??

A vote of NO Confidence gave them an easy way out!

[monmouth]

1. In the GOP bizzarro world that would have worked too. Gonzales would be gone n/t

[GOTV]

2. They would have done the same thing - vote against cloture to avoid the whole thing...

Why? They would easily make the case that the resolution was meaningless and just stood in the way of actual business. And people can understand that.

[Perky]

4. I disagree

I think putting them on the the spot by ssaying they support this political hack serves us well in '08

[GOTV]

6. But they won't be "on the spot" if they vote against cloture...

... it's standard Senate mechanism for avoiding uncomfortable votes.

[ProgressiveEconomist]

7. Any vote can be "spun" skillfully, but wouldn't MassDemm's proposal have

made it harder for GOP spinmeisters? GOP pols would have to explain why they didn't want to stand up for their AG, rather than why they didn't want to subject their AG to potential embarrassment.

[GOTV]

10. A no-cloture vote saves you from embarrassing choices. It's like a legaslative 5th amendment....

They don't want to express support because Gonzo is incompetent, maybe even criminal, and they don't want to embarrass the prez..

So, on a no-confidence vote they refuse cloture and there, they saved the prez from embarrassment without saying where they stand on Gonzo.

On a total-confidence vote they refuse cloture and avoid having to say where they stand on Gonzo. It's not a blow to the prez to have a total-confidence vote blocked.

[Perky]

3. Ha. I said precisely the same thing last night

It went nowhere,.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=1091645&mesg_id=1091645

Don't hold your breath,

DU occassionsally fails to understand the art of politics or even the science.

[Jane Austin]

5. And I said the same thing, too, but on another list.

I'd love to get those Republics on record as supporting this miscreant.

[RiverStone]

8. Damn, how come Harry R. did not think of that!

Can they do a re-do?

Great idea MassDem :)

[Beelzebud]

9. Dems should issue some fucking subpoenas and stop playing games...