If the Republican base is shrinking, its beacuse the Conserveratives have had enough.
And too many so-called Republicans are nothing more than RINO'S - think
Gen Colin Powell
Since they complain constantly about both the republicans (RINO) and the democrats, the conservatives should start their own party, or perhaps they could join the Constitution Party.
Really I have only watched a few minutes of this circus they call a confirmation hearing. It is the same thing everytime. A bunch of grandstanding by politicians. These hearings are just a chance for them to ramble on and try to sound like they know what they are talking about. It makes me sick.
As for Judge Sotomayor, of course she is going to "walked around". There are two reasons for this:
1. She can. Most of the politicians questioning her are not scholars so it should not be too hard for her to talk over their heads.
2. She must. If she wishes to be confirmed she must avoid any sticky situations and the best way to do that is avoid direct answers.
As you can tell, I am just a tad bit bitter about things in D.C. right now. The past sixteen years have been really tough on this nation. We have had three very poor presidents in a row. We desperately need another Lincoln, Reagan, or Washington. Instead all we got were Clinton, Bush, and Obama. Talk about dragging the bottom of the barrell. It is depressing. Let's pray we can do better in 2012.
I have to get my drivers license renewed this week. I'm strongly considering changing from Republican to Independent. In fact I would say there is a very good chance I will.
In my opinion the Republican Party no longer stands for anything. Eight years of President Bush (R) gave us nothing but larger government, an unnecessary war in Iraq, a unnecessarily dragged out war in Afghanistan, nation building, grand deficits, and finally President Barack Obama. It was no accident that President Bush's first choice for Secretary of State was Colin Powell. Maybe President Bush is a nice guy, maybe Powell is a nice guy, but neither are conservative.
Why call yourself anything ? I voted to re-elect our democrat governor, and voted for Chuck Baldwin for pres. I vote for the best person on the ballot, no matter the party.
I do not know if you watched or listened to the hearings for Alito and Roberts ... but it was simply the same in reverse. On important issues neither would say what they believed.
Also both claimed that precedence was very important in their decisions. However during their time on the SC they have been very activist judges and seemingly precedence means nothing to them. Were they lying under oath to Congress? They would say no. Their decisions certainly appear to tell another story.