Obama Nominates Rapist Supporter Robert Chatigny For Court Of Appeals

FOXNews.com:

The Senate Judiciary Committee has postponed the hearing for a controversial Court of Appeals nominee after the panel received a letter from a home-state prosecutor blasting the candidate as a judicial loose cannon and after Republicans raised concerns about bias in favor of sex offenders.

U.S. District Court Judge Robert Chatigny gained notoriety in 2005 for his role in trying to fight the execution of convicted serial killer and rapist Michael Ross, also known as The Roadside Strangler, whom Chatigny had described as a victim of his own "sexual sadism."

His conduct in that case, which included threatening to go after Ross' attorney's law license, as well as his ruling in 2001 against sex offender registries created under Megan's Law, has caused a commotion among Republicans on the judiciary panel.

"I've never seen conduct like this," said a Republican source. "I'm shocked that the White House vetted this guy ... and still put him up for a judgeship."

The nomination is relatively fresh. President Obama submitted his name Feb. 24 for a seat on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, calling him a "first-rate" legal expert and "faithful" public servant.

With the hearing originally set for Wednesday, Republicans led by their ranking member, Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., said they wanted more time.

"Senator Sessions and the Judiciary Republicans have asked for a delay in light of the nominee's extremely lengthy record and the fact that he was brought up so unusually quickly," Sessions spokesman Stephen Miller said.

Not only has Chatigny been sympathetic to rapists, but his connections to corrupt Dem pol Christopher Dodd are also under scrutiny. But where's NOW and the rest of the radical feminists on the Left concerning Chatigny's past? Their silence is deafening.

Scandal Plagued Democrat Senator Christopher Dodd To Retire

NYTimes.com:

Senator Christopher J. Dodd, the embattled Connecticut Democrat who was facing an increasingly tough bid for a sixth term in the Senate, has decided to step aside and not seek re-election, Democrats familiar with his plans said Wednesday.

Mr. Dodd, 65, will announce his decision at a news conference later in the day in Connecticut.

The decision came a day after another Democratic senator, Byron Dorgan of North Dakota, said that he would not seek re-election this November. The developments underscored the fragility of the Democrats’ 60-vote Senate majority, enough to block Republican filibusters. Democratic incumbents also face serious challenges in Arkansas, Colorado, Nevada and Pennsylvania among other states.

In this case, Mr. Dodd was already considered one of the most vulnerable Democrats facing re-election this November, and party officials had been privately hoping he would step aside. His move opens the way for the state’s highly popular attorney general, Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat, to run. Democrats and Republicans said he would be a much stronger candidate in what is a Democratic state.

Mr. Dodd’s decision was first reported by The Washington Post, and later confirmed by his associates. As of early Wednesday morning, Harry Reid, the Senate majority leader, had not heard from Mr. Dodd about his decision, according to aides to Mr. Reid.

Mr. Dodd has been a fixture in the Senate since his election in 1980. But his standing in his state had been on the decline starting when he made an unsuccessful run for the presidency in 2008 — moving his family to Iowa — and amid questions about a disputed loan he took from Countrywide Financial, the fallen subprime company. Mr. Dodd has been the chairman of the Senate Banking Committee during the economic meltdown.

Over the last two years, Mr. Dodd has played a prominent role in responding to the financial crisis as the chairman of the Senate banking committee. He proposed a financial overhaul on Nov. 10 that included consolidating bank regulators, creating a consumer financial protection agency and imposing new restraints on exotic financial instruments and credit rating agencies.

Thanks to the ineptitude of the Obama administration 2010 should be a huge year for Republicans, despite what Michael Steele thinks. Dodd, a huge contributor to our present-day financial mess. knew that he didn't have a snowball's chance of getting re-elected so he took the coward's way out.

Democrat Christopher Dodd Says Stimulus Package Not Working, Yet Wants Another

Any wonder why this guy gets no respect.

Two-Faced Christopher Dodd Gave Money To AIG

Newsmax.com:

Democratic Sen. Christopher Dodd on Monday criticized the bonuses given to executives of American International Group Inc. and suggested that the government could tax the recipients to recoup some or all of the payouts.

But it was Dodd who inserted language — known as the Dodd amendment — in the $787 billion stimulus bill that allowed all bonuses awarded before February 11, 2009, to be paid to AIG executives. That very amendment, which is now law, is now the chief hurdle to government officials who want to recover that money.

The amendment was meant to restrict executive pay for bailed-out banks, but it also included the exception for "contractually obligated bonuses agreed on or before Feb. 11, 2009."

Dodd is the largest single recipient of 2008 campaign donations from AIG, with $103,100, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. That was more than presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain got, and nearly three times the $35,965 Sen. Hillary Clinton received.

It's the liberal way to never accept responsibility for anything. Whether it's AIG bonuses, Bernard Madoff (a major Democrat contributor as Chuck Schumer could tell you) or the recent Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac crisis, liberals continue to pass the buck. The weasels like Christopher Dodd just can't help themselves.

Dick Cheney Returns: Speaks On Obama, Terrorism And Financial Mess

As much as I respect Dick Cheney for continuing to speak out regardless of many on the Left who wish he'd just disappear (amongst other things), you have to wonder how good it is for the GOP for Cheney to reemerge? But then too, considering that liberals think the GOP is such disarray with no leader anyway, why do they even care what Cheney thinks?

Obama Threatens To Veto Democrats Over Bailout Dough

"Change" my ass. The Dems aren't even in control yet and their true colors are already starting to show:

Tested before taking power, President-elect Barack Obama privately delivered a pre-inauguration veto threat to fellow Democrats on Tuesday, saying they would not deny him use of the remaining $350 billion in federal bailout funds.

Obama coupled his threat with a promise to revise elements of the original bailout program that have drawn widespread criticism, pledging that billions will go toward helping homeowners facing foreclosure. Several Democrats said his commitments, to be made in writing, would be enough to prevent an embarrassing pre-inauguration drubbing for the president-elect when the Senate votes this week.

"This will be the first vote that President-elect Obama is asking us for. I'll be shocked and I'll be really disappointed if he doesn't get it," said Sen. Joseph Lieberman, an independent Democrat from Connecticut.

"This is a new beginning."

Behind closed doors, Obama also urged lawmakers to act quickly on the massive economic stimulus measure that his aides have been negotiating with congressional officials. The legislation will blend federal spending with tax cuts, and could reach $1 trillion in size, a measure of the nation's economic woes.

Put aside the quick fix for a minute. If Barack really wants a vote of confidence in his first 100 days as Prez, how about BO taking some time to consider making a clean sweep of the Senate Banking and House Financial Services committees, whose co-heads, Barney Frank and Christopher Dodd, were the chief architects of this financial mess we're in? Now that'd be some "change" I'd like to see.