Some amused — OK, irritated and amused — Republicans on Capitol Hill are sending around a line from the President’s radio address today. “What I hope is that we can avoid the political posturing and ideological brinksmanship that has bogged down this process, and Congress, in the past,” Obama said.
Political posturing and ideological brinksmanship? “Anyone know to whom this line was referring?” asks a GOP aide. “Maybe someone involved in the debate on the last Supreme Court nomination? Maybe this?”
The “this” that followed was a quote from Sen. Barack Obama on the Samuel Alito nomination. “I will be supporting the filibuster because I think Judge Alito, in fact, is somebody who is contrary to core American values, not just liberal values,” Obama said on ABC in 2006.
It just reminds you of what Sen. Lindsey Graham said recently: ”President Obama should hope Republican senators are fairer than he was when he was a senator.”
