Comments on: The Judiciary Committee Conundrum http://www.chrisweigant.com/2023/04/17/the-judiciary-committee-conundrum/ Reality-based political commentary Sat, 02 May 2026 07:43:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Mezzomamma http://www.chrisweigant.com/2023/04/17/the-judiciary-committee-conundrum/#comment-202699 Mezzomamma Tue, 18 Apr 2023 17:18:24 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=23441#comment-202699 Feinstein really should resign and, sad to say, should have done so sooner. Her cognitive decline has been all too evident for some time now. Feinstein really should resign and, sad to say, should have done so sooner. Her cognitive decline has been all too evident for some time now.

]]> By: MtnCaddy http://www.chrisweigant.com/2023/04/17/the-judiciary-committee-conundrum/#comment-202698 MtnCaddy Tue, 18 Apr 2023 16:19:14 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=23441#comment-202698 I’m in the “harp on DiFi” camp — in fact, please allow me to pile on: She really is soiling her legacy (and keeping Barbara Lee out of the Senate.) I’m in the “harp on DiFi” camp — in fact, please allow me to pile on:

She really is soiling her legacy (and keeping Barbara Lee out of the Senate.)

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2023/04/17/the-judiciary-committee-conundrum/#comment-202697 nypoet22 Tue, 18 Apr 2023 15:13:35 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=23441#comment-202697 more likely, to harp on the damage difi has done by drastically overstaying her sell-by date in the senate. more likely, to harp on the damage difi has done by drastically overstaying her sell-by date in the senate.

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2023/04/17/the-judiciary-committee-conundrum/#comment-202696 Elizabeth Miller Tue, 18 Apr 2023 12:53:45 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=23441#comment-202696 <i>Why, then, bring it up in the first place?</i> To start a discussion, silly. :) Why, then, bring it up in the first place?

To start a discussion, silly. :)

]]> By: John M from Ct. http://www.chrisweigant.com/2023/04/17/the-judiciary-committee-conundrum/#comment-202694 John M from Ct. Tue, 18 Apr 2023 02:52:28 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=23441#comment-202694 Insider baseball doesn't get much insider than this column. You lost me when you introduced the idea that a Feinstein replacement could become possible IF Sen. McConnell decided to bail his good buddy Chuck Schumer out and try to round up enough Republican votes to do the deal. But then, it quickly seemed, we have no reason at all to think that McConnell would do such a thing, except for his feeling a natural human sympathy for a fellow ailing and aging colleague. I almost laughed out loud at that one - as did you, noting the Minority Leader's natural tendency to be an A-hole of the first water when it comes to political maneuvering for party advantage. Another couple of paragraphs, and it becomes clear that McConnell has NO incentives to help Schumer and MANY incentives to obstruct him. Why, then, bring it up in the first place? Insider baseball doesn't get much insider than this column.

You lost me when you introduced the idea that a Feinstein replacement could become possible IF Sen. McConnell decided to bail his good buddy Chuck Schumer out and try to round up enough Republican votes to do the deal.

But then, it quickly seemed, we have no reason at all to think that McConnell would do such a thing, except for his feeling a natural human sympathy for a fellow ailing and aging colleague. I almost laughed out loud at that one - as did you, noting the Minority Leader's natural tendency to be an A-hole of the first water when it comes to political maneuvering for party advantage.

Another couple of paragraphs, and it becomes clear that McConnell has NO incentives to help Schumer and MANY incentives to obstruct him.

Why, then, bring it up in the first place?

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