Finally! After four long years, an up or down vote!

As reported here, the Senate has finally confirmed one of President Bush's judicial nominee's, Texas Supreme Court Justice Priscilla Owen to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals - after making her, and the rest of us, wait for four years (just another example of our government at "work")!

And how did this finally come about? After the spineless Republican Senators caved in to the demands of the minority Democrats! And what is the reward for this caving in? Are all the rest of the nominee's going to now get an up or down vote? Um, no. Only two more will will receive up or down votes - Justices Janice Rogers Brown and William Pryor.

What caused the four year delay in getting Justice Owen confirmed? Charges by the Dems that her conservative viewpoints were "out of the mainstream", which is Dem speak that says she makes rulings based on what the Constitution actually says, rather than an "interpretation" of what she thinks it says - unlike the leftist, activist, judges who "interpret" what the Constitution actually says according to their leftist political bias, whims, and maybe what day of the week it is.

Making rulings based on what the Constitution actually says, rather than trying to "interpret" it on whims and political bias, is "out of the mainstream"? Um ... no.