Dems Break Promise to Confirm Alito

The Democratic senators convinced Judiciary Committee chairman Arlen Specter, in December, to wait to hold confirmation hearings on Samuel Alito until January instead of December; reportedly because they promised to hold the vote to move Judge Alito on for a vote by the full Senate on Tuesday, January 17th. Senator Specter then disappointed conservatives by agreeing to the delayed hearings (which gave liberals around the country plenty of time to dig up dirt on the judge and scream about various aspects of his record or personality they didn't like).

Well today those same senators broke their promise to hold the committee vote, as their minority leader Harry Reid had recommended, saying they would delay the business meeting until next week, on the 24th. ConfirmThem.com has the rundown on this delay, as well as Majority Leader Bill Frist's follow-up, as promised, that he would push all other business off to the side until the vote was brought to the Senate floor. He's finally standing up to the liberals. Whether it will do any good is anyone's guess.

Judge Alito seems to be a good man with a stellar background who should be confirmed without delay, especially after having had to sit through these ridiculous confirmation hearings where the likes of Ted Kennedy and Joe Biden were lecturing him on ethics. To continue breaking promises and delaying the vote is unfair and dishonest.