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In "Party of No" Tantrum, GOP Senators Reject Hayes for Interior To Punish Salazar for Getting a Little Tough on Big Oil

A BUZZFLASH NEWS ANALYSIS
by Christine Bowman

The GOP "Party of No" admittedly couldn't find fault with David J. Hayes, President Barack Obama's pick for Deputy Secretary of the Department of the Interior. He had already done the exact same job for three years in President Bill Clinton's administration. But the GOP steadfastly voted as a bloc anyway Wednesday against Hayes' confirmation -- with the exception of Maine Senator Olympia Snowe and Arizona Senator John Kyl.

david j hayes interiorEvidently, the GOP bloc feels good and proud about their empty protest vote, one that could force Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to drag ailing Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy back to the Senate floor to wrap up this foregone conclusion. Other "yea" votes Reid can depend on could come from Massachusetts Senator John Kerry or Maryland Senator Barbara Mikulski, both of whom missed today's vote, or perhaps the still undeclared winner in Minnesota, Al Franken. Reid himself would also vote yea, but did not today due to procedural reasons that now leave him the option to call the vote again.

Hayes received 57 yea votes. He is the first Obama nominee to be rejected by the full Senate.

Eighteen Obama nominees are still awaiting Senate action, which is to say, the Party of No is working at the committee level to stall or block a number of appointments. Obama's nominee for Assistant Attorney General, Dawn Johnsen, comes to mind.

Cass Sunstein, nominated to head the Office of Management and Budget's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, faced relatively uncontentious committee members Tuesday at his hearing before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs. Some have mentioned Sunstein also as a possible Obama Supreme Court nominee, which would likely not yield a fast and polite thumbs up confirmation process.

Utah Senator Bob Bennett led the Party of No's blockade, in seeming retaliation for a recent move by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to cancel oil and gas leases in his home state of Utah. Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski voiced general objections, saying, "This is not a personal matter, anybody out to get Mr. Hayes, if you will. This is really about what is happening within the department."

Illinois Senator and Majority Whip Richard Durbin stated bluntly, "This isn't about the nominee, this is about slowing down the assembling of President Obama's team to bring real change to Washington."

By way of context and contrast, it is worth remembering that George W. Bush's Interior Department appointees presided over "a culture of ethical scandal," as the department's own inspector general put it. One key deputy resigned in the face of allegations she had reshaped "scientific" documents to fit policy goals and handed over nonpublic, internal government documents to oil industry and property rights groups.

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Why vote for Durbin Whip if

Why vote for Durbin Whip if he can't get the Democratic Senators to the floor to vote?

Theater for the groundlings?

I would like to think (and fervently hope) that this vote was merely a show, to let the Repugs throw another little obstructionist tantrum in a formal Senate vote, for all the country to see. If Reid and the Dem leadership is really so feeble that they can't get their membership to show up for a confirmation vote, then we truly are in deep doo-doo.

Hayes

Why didn't Reid make SURE Kerry and Mikulski were there to vote??? If this was under Bush you can bet ALL the Republicans would be there to vote. Apparently they were ALL there to vote "NO" anyway. What a slap in the mouth for Hayes - how humiliating to be the only nominee to be REJECTED due to the Republicans. When are the Democrates going to get tought with these devils? This should NEVER have happened - even if they had to ask Senator Kennedy to come to Congress - he's got more guts than the whole rest of the party and would have been there!

Thanks for nothing Harry & Dick

57 votes plus Reid, Kerry and Mikulski make the magic number 60. For you Harry Reid & Dick Durbin, that's all your fingers and toes, plus Kerry's. But since Kerry wasn't there apparently you couldn't do the math. This little piggy showed up and voted for cloture, this little piggy stayed home, this little piggy went wee, wee, wee all the way home. You did not need Kennedy, you did not need Franken. You had the votes you needed if you got them to the floor. How many votes do Reid & Durbin need to actually do business? 70, 80, 90? Is 100 hundred enough, or would that fail too if they could only get 59 to show up and vote for cloture? Why is Durbin Whip if he can't get the Democratic Senators to the floor to vote? Why is Reid Majority leader if he can't count noses before he schedules votes. It is easy to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Any moron can do it. Thanks for nothing Harry & Dick.

as I've said many times

as I've said many times before, the dems will get nowhere with dick and harry...maybe we need tom??

tom or...

...or maybe Beavis and Butthead. I'm sure there's no truth to the rumors that Reid is the model for Chauncey Gardner in Being There. It's like Gomer and Barney running Mayberry, and Andy's decided to hook up with the dark side on torture and Jabba the Hut on finance. Makes it hard to be a Dem. This sure ain't the change I was working for.

Silver linings come in all shapes and sizes . . .

As the GOP creates another inconvenience for the Democratic Party and country, they self-immolate all the further. Their inability to see consequences has been worsening with the years and their more recent disempowerment. The death throes aren't exactly that of a dying swan, but one can take heart from their desperation. And it's not that I like to see anyone or anything self-destruct, but when the presence has become carcinogenic like, then it's decidedly for the best.

agreed

i am enjoying what they are doing to themselves, despite the Democrats allowing them to get away with so much...what they all miss....we are the ones that vote and the way it looks now...true or not...the Senate appears to be bank owned...the GOP are still doing the bidding of big oil and the Democrats are afraid of Cheney...this is how it appears to folks on the ground...we need Jessie Ventura as the prosecutor