He was confirmed.

“If this gets to hearings, and I pray it does-the opponents of the deal will have to provide FACTS, rather than suppositions…”

Stop and think about that. Have you ever actually watched a Congressional hearing??

They’ll focus on inane details like “why wasn’t Congress informed” (“You mean no one on your staff reads the Wall Street Journal, the Economist or the Financial Times, Senator?”) and “why isn’t there a major American company that does this” and “how much did Cheney have to drink”…

At bottom, can you really support the idea that it will be a harder task for the innuendo-mongers in the Senate to tar the Middle East’s banking capital with financial connections to terrorism than it was to tar an excellent judge with peripheral membership in a conservative college club thirty years earlier when he was in college???

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/blog/2006/02/frist_on_ports_trust_but_verif.html

“trust, but verify”

I’ve seen a lot of knowledgable people come out to derride the opposition for its ignorance, but I also have failed to see an actual leader of the Hell NO contingency with credibility-(although I have a soft spot for Ilyana Ross Leihtin(sp))

Who is going to be the star witness for the opposition at the hearings? Frist, Delay, Schumer, Clinton, Malkin, Savage? Anybody with real crediblity, favors the deal.

There are three camps (yes, NO, maybe) and you’d do well to pay attention to the ‘wait and see’ contingency.

Notice that McCain is of the wait and see pack, along with Hastert, and Liebermann.

IF Bush can convince Liebermann and MCain(or Hastert) the debate is over.

My point is simply that when you have Hastert, DeLay, and Frist leading the opposition, and GOP back benchers acting like Barney Frank, you have another Harriet Miers moment…