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The GOP?s passion problem

By Alliance Alert

Politico: "[T]he GOP has more than just a math problem with Kagan. It has a passion problem ? the party, which has used judicial nominations to stoke the culture wars for more than a decade, appears to have lost its edge on judges. ... some Republicans griped privately over what they saw as Sessions?s largely unfocused attacks, which failed to provide a compelling counternarrative about her nomination. ... After denouncing the filibusters Democrats used against George W. Bush?s nominees, including an unsuccessful attempt with Associate Justice Samuel Alito and successful filibusters to prevent conservative icon Miguel Estrada from becoming a federal judge, top Republicans don?t now want to look like hypocrites."

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on July 06, 2010 (boomark / email).