Reid's address this evening
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Senate Majority Minority Leader Harry Reid will give the following address this evening, sponsored bought and paid for by the moderately liberal raging leftist Alliance for Justice.
Good evening.I'm Harry Reid of Nevada, Democratic leader of the Senate, and I love our country very much.
But as I speak to you tonight a crisis is unfolding here in the Capitol that threatens some of our nation's founding principles.
This isn't hype. This is as real as it gets.
Unfortunately, some Senate Republicans are trying to give President Bush power no president has ever had -- the ability to personally hand out lifetime jobs to judges -- including the Supreme Court, without consensus from the other party.
This abuse of power is not what our founders intended. It's wrong for one political party -- be it Republicans today or Democrats tomorrow -- to have total control over who sits on our high courts and rules on our most basic rights.
The fact is Democrats have approved 208 out of President Bush's 218 nominees. That's right -- only 10 were stopped because their views were so outside the mainstream.
I believe that the great moderate majority of Americans don't want judges from either extreme. They want to preserve Constitutional checks and balances and protect the independence of our courts.
I know there are Republican Senators of courage and conviction who share this view. We will continue to reach out to them and pray they will do what's right.
Today, America faces many challenges...we should stand together and meet them - not abandon 200 years of Constitutional principles that have served us so well.
Thank you for listening and May God Bless America.
Yes, Harry - I'm sure you love the country. But that doens't give you a free pass to play games with numbers. Sure, you allowed lots of District Court judges through - but how does the record look for appellate nominees?
Fisk away.

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