She's not a lightning rod. I was concerned that the president might send up someone who just automatically would bring about a filibuster, but he didn't do that.

be a lightning rod because of who she is.

I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismograph.

Mission accomplished? The mission in Iraq, as laid out by President Bush and Vice President Cheney, has failed.

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And the president is all wrong when he maintains that a nominee should have an up-or-down vote. The Constitution doesn't say that. The Constitution doesn't say that that nominee shall have any vote at all. There doesn't have to even be a vote.