EFL
Sen. Robert C. Byrd, one of President Bush's harshest critics, has become an unlikely ally on the Supreme Court nomination of Judge John G. Roberts Jr.
"I said to him, 'I am shouting your name from the steeple tops for reaching out, reaching across the aisle,'?" the West Virginia Democrat reported after taking a phone call from Mr. Bush to discuss a replacement for retiring Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.
...and why is that, Mr. Byrd?
After Mr. Bush nominated federal Judge Roberts this week, Mr. Byrd again issued a statement praising the president. "I thank President Bush for reaching out to senators on both sides of the aisle as he worked to select a nominee for the court," Mr. Byrd said. "I hope that this bipartisan cooperation will continue as the confirmation process begins."
I hope you have a heart attack, Mr. KKK Byrd.
The senator's praise of Mr. Bush is turnaround from a year ago when the West Virginian accused Mr. Bush of being a "green and arrogant president" who went to war before exhausting diplomacy.
During much of the presidential campaign, liberals turned to Mr. Byrd as an loud eloquent and bombastic critic of the war in Iraq and Mr. Bush in general. Mr. Byrd's speeches on the Senate floor became rallying cries for Democrats, and the liberal activist group MoveOn.org featured the senator as a speaker and used him to raise money.
SNIP to the reason for the turnaround
Mr. Byrd is up for re-election next year in a state that Mr. Bush won last year by 13 percentage points despite heavy campaigning by Democrats.
A poll conducted in May shows Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, West Virginia Republican, three points behind Mr. Byrd even though Mrs. Capito hasn't announced that she will run against the old-guard senator.
"For Senator Byrd, desperate times require desperate measures," said Brian Nick, spokesman for the National Republican Senatorial Committee. "As recent polling shows him below 50 percent and in a dead heat against a prospective opponent, he'll apparently try anything."
HAHAHAHAHA!! Losing to someone who hasn't tried to run yet!?!?! Sounds like the people of your state are sick of your crap! Goodbye, looser!
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