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Originally posted by guido911
Apparenlty this republican is behaving excessively unpatriotic by not supporting Hillary's SoS appointment:
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/20/no-confirmation-vote-for-clinton/
Maybe he should leave the country.
Cornyn is objecting so that the GOP is on record as having opposed at least one of Obama's appointees (6 others sailed through confirmation by unanimous consent today). "A spokesman for Mr. Cornyn, Kevin McLaughlin, said, “this is not an effort to scuttle or block the nomination, but a legitimate policy difference. Senator Cornyn’s goal is to create transparency on all levels of government.” When Reid calls the roll call vote, she'll get through just fine, only after an additional three hours or so of obligatory teeth gnashing by the Senate minority.
It's all good, though. Welcome to representative democracy, American style.