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

It looks like Senator McCain is not the only "moderate" who is frustrated:

Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., described the process of putting together a deal as painfully difficult. "I don't know who ever coined the expression herding cats. They should try senators," Nelson said.

He also said that as long as judgeships are treated as political issues in presidential campaigns, the confirmation process would be extremely partisan. "Pox on both houses on that," Nelson said.

It seems that Mr. Nelson is also getting testy about not being able to convince six GOP Senators to surrender and allow the Democrats to usurp a good chunk of the President's power to nominate the best people to the bench. Sen. Nelson is right that as long as unelected judges continue to ride roughshod over policy decisions made via the elected branches and by referenda, the confirmation process is bound to be extremely partisan.