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    Time for the GOP to adopt the "Schumer Doctrine" on judges

Greetings from Minneapolis

Blogging from the RNC

Posted by : Drew McKissick August 27, 2008 - 9:31am

I'm up in Minneapolis for the Republican National Committee meetings this week, leading up to next week's convention and will be blogging daily while I'm up here. I've also set up a Twitter feed (sign up here) so I can pass things along between trips to the hotel room...and a Flickr feed to pass along some interesting photos. Those will be available up at the top of the homepage for the next two weeks, so check back often for updates.

For the next few days I'll be working with fellow RNC members to try and reform our primary schedule for the 2012 primaries and beyond. The general consensus is that, with so many states continuing to rush to the front of the calendar in each cycle, we're moving towards what will soon be tantamount to a national primary - which pretty much everyone agrees is an awful idea. (I've written more on that previously here and here). The problem is getting enough states to agree on the solution.

The Rules Committee meets today, so more on that later.

In the meantime, we're having a great time watching the entertainment from Denver...and waiting to see if Bubba continues to stick it to Obama tonight.

Stay tuned.

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ANWR Drilling

Submitted by PN_Knoll on August 27, 2008 - 8:02pm.
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I see on Politico that ANWR drilling has been put on the back burner for now. Seems McCain will likely address this option once taking office, anyway. I can see the necessity in that, I guess.

I'm pretty pleased with JM's choices lately in offshore drilling. One things if certain. If Obama makes it into the White House, ANY prospect of cranking up our domestic oil reserve taps is pretty much definitely NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN!

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I thought the same thing,

Submitted by Gary Gore on August 27, 2008 - 8:48pm.
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I thought the same thing, myself.

I wonder what's going to come out of Denver as for the Democrat Party's platform on domestic drilling. When you compare Apples to Apples there, I think the American people are going to favor the Republican's approach coming out of the Republican convention. In fact, McCain should probably do a side-by-side comparison of energy platforms for a commercial.

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Time for the GOP to adopt the "Schumer Doctrine" on judges

Posted by : Drew McKissick June 24, 2009 - 11:21am
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It seems that every time we have a contentious judicial nomination process, especially for the Supreme Court, a great fuss is made over not asking certain questions.  More to the point, we're told that nominees should not answer questions that could disclose how they may rule on certain issues in the future.

Hogwash.

The problem with this notion is that the federal judiciary has grown ever more powerful over the years versus our other branches of government.  Further, the Supreme Court is held to be the final arbiter of what the Constitution actually "means" at any given point in time - information that's surely useful to the people that document is meant to govern.

This being the case, it's ludicrous to suggest that the US Senate, to say nothing of the American people, should not have a good idea "what" these would be solons will say the Constitution means once they're given a lifetime appointment.

Can you imagine a candidate for President telling voters that he can't answer specific questions about incredibly important (even constitutional) issues, and that they shouldn't even be asked such questions, but rather we should just trust that they're a wise, experienced and empathetic person?  (Insert laughter here...)  read more »

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