Gang of 14 Member DeWine: Scalito Not Extraordinary Circumstance

[tritsofme]

This is what Mike DeWine (R-OH) had to say on conservative radio talk show Hugh Hewitt today:

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HH: Your colleague on judiciary, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, said yesterday on Face The Nation, that if Democrats attempt to filibuster, he will work to break it, meaning that this is not something the Gang of 14 had in mind. Do you agree with Senator Graham that this is not a filibusterable nomination?

MD: Oh, I absolutely do. I mean, this is not under what our definition of extraordinary circumstances is. This is a nomination that's clearly within the mainstream of conservative judges. This is someone who has a long, distinguished record, someone who I would classify as kind of a classic conservative justice, who believes you should decide each case one at a time, you should not be a judicial activist, you should not be intrusive, that a judge should kind of sit back, wait for that case to come, and then make a decision on the case, but not be really a legislator. And really, that's what this judge's record would, at least seem to me, to show.

HH: So absent any extraordinary revelation, is it fair to say, Senator DeWine, that if the Constitutional option has to be deployed, that you will vote for it?

MD: Oh, I certainly would. I would think, though, that this will not be necessary. I just...it's hard for me to envision why anyone would think that you would have to filibuster in this case, or why they would think it would be, as we defined it in our group of 14, that Lindsey and I were a part of, why we would define it as extraordinary circumstances.

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[Halliburton]

1. can't wait till Hackett takes him out

[Walt Starr]

2. DeWine is now on the record supporting adult males strip searching 10 year

old girls.

[gratuitous]

3. Bye-bye, Mr. DeWine!

You're on your way out, and though we know that the most dangerous Republican is a lame duck Republican, oddly enough, it's not up to YOU as to whether Mr. Alito is too extreme or not.