Fellow Democrat says Sen. Bill Nelson misfired on judicial panel nominees

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Miami Herald

Posted on Wednesday, 03.11.09
Fellow Democrat says Sen. Bill Nelson misfired on judicial panel nominees

A prominent Democrat says Sen. Bill Nelson should have consulted other Democrats before he named members of a judicial screening panel.
BY BETH REINHARD
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In a rare rebuke of Florida's senior senator by a fellow Democrat, the president of the Cuban-American Bar Association is criticizing Sen. Bill Nelson for reappointing a top Republican fundraiser to a powerful panel that screens potential federal judges.

Roland Sanchez-Medina said he and other Cuban-American Democrats who tried to contact Nelson's office about the appointments were ignored.

He said these Cuban-Americans had long resisted community pressure to become Republicans and backed Democrat Barack Obama in the 2008 election.

''I was hopeful that some day, those of us who persevered would be rewarded on some level . . . and after this past election, I finally believed that day would come; that we would have a clear and unambiguous voice in the political process,'' he wrote in the March 4 letter sent to Nelson.



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[w4rma]

1. Sounds like it might be time for Nelson to retire. (nt)

[Robbien]

2. Ben Nelson just has to have corporation friendly judges

and he doesn't care if he has to rely on GOPers to make sure no public interest judges are seated.

Writing a letter to Nelson whining about his actions means diddly squat.

[Judi Lynn]

3. This is a different Republican acting Democratic legislator! This is the Florida Nelson.

It IS easy to see how people mistake them. :hi:

[Robbien]

4. So true

Insert Ben or Bill when talking about a congresscritter named Nelson and, except for locality, one would be correctly stating their position.

Sorry for the slip-up. :)

[Dr.Phool]

7. This is Bill Nelson, but they're pretty much interchangable.

2 DINO's

[davidinalameda]

5. your link doesn't work

[Judi Lynn]

8. You're right, it's not there now. Looks as if they do have it in their "Nation" section:

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/story/937170.html

Don't know why it was removed, but it looks like the same article at the other link.

Thanks for the alert.

[superconnected]

6. what a headline.

[Ian David]

9. gOd I hate that Nelson douchebag. n/t

[usregimechange]

10. Put a stop to this