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By DanCT Posted in Senate Rules — Comments () / Email this page » / Leave a comment »

Orson Scott Card has an essay in The Ornery American that includes a gem about why the filibustering to force compromise candidates is such a travesty:

The trouble is that the ideological lines on both sides are so clearly drawn that it is hard to think of any jurist of any ability or standing at all that could be acceptable to both sides. Either he has to be so utterly inoffensive as to be vacuous, or he has to be a "stealth" judge, who has been deliberately concealing his true beliefs in order to remain acceptable for higher office. In other words, the only people with a chance of getting approved by both of the warring sides in the Senate are judges who have done nothing, who have had no clear thoughts, or who have been such ambitious weasels they have avoided doing anything that might offend anybody.

The language is a little strong, but the point is well taken.