Comments on: Sweethearts’ murmurs give way to spat over who made senate trial so boring

By: Eric Ferguson

Eric Ferguson — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 23:29:52 +0000

It’s not hypocrisy or a double-standard to point out that the judges seem to have lost control of the trial. I’m starting to question that they know what they’re doing.

By: Phoenix Woman

Phoenix Woman — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 19:36:26 +0000

Achoo! Is Joel Rosenberg hauling in more straw men to beat up in here? Tell him to knock it off, it’s giving me hay fever. (If you must build and bash straw men, Mr. R., at least use some straw that hasn’t already passed through a horse’s gut, okay?)

By: Cryos

Cryos — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 19:18:32 +0000

‘and that the delay is costing either the Republicans or the Democrats a crucial vote in the Senate.”

Oh please. If it was Coleman ahead you would be saying “count all the votes.”

I for one am done entertaining liberals’ bull double standards. Choose one or the other for your grandstanding.

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By: Chris Steller

Chris Steller — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 19:12:46 +0000

Joel, I thought someone might say something like your comment. I’d meant to link to Sam Stein’s Huffington Post post on the topic. I’ll add that link now. But you might also want to check out the educated guesses at fivethirtyeight.com and theuptake.org for why you don’t have to believe in any fix being in to see how it could be to Republicans’ advantage to ensure a very long trial.

By: Joel Rosenberg

Joel Rosenberg — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 19:08:09 +0000

“But the court didn’t (yet) take the opportunity to rein in a proceeding that experts say could easily takes months longer at the rate it’s going — all the while costing the Democrats a crucial vote in the U.S. Senate.”

Hmm… I think it’s horrible, horrible that you (and/or your unnamed experts) have fallen for that dreadful rightwing myth that the fix is already in and that, regardless of the evidence, the court is going to give the seat to the Democrats. Me, I trust the process and think that after all valid votes are counted, the court will give the seat to whichever candidate has more of them, and that the delay is costing either the Republicans or the Democrats a crucial vote in the Senate.