he asked about cynthia mckinney. i went back and looked. we have a faulty timers. i got a whole bunch of newspaper clippings. there are differences here on that front. more significantly, so much of this is a matter of degree and not kind but the unprecedented things i have mentioned. look at blogging nominations and i can show you a chart after chart of the number of nominations blocked compared to the reagan years and the swiftness with which the executive and judicial appointments went through. if you want to talk about cooperating with the president, i look at two points of comparison -- when george w. bush came into the white house, in a white house that was in tatters almost. you have the most controversial election at least in our lifetime if not an american history. you had a president who had no coattails, 36 days to come in, facing an adversarial environment. it would have been easy for democrats to hold a dinner meeting on inaugural even say the way that we can regain power is to stomp on his neck and lever led up. we can vote against everything he wants

he asked about cynthia mckinney. i went back and looked. we have a faulty timers. i got a whole bunch of newspaper clippings. there are differences here on that front. more significantly, so much of this is a matter of degree and not kind but the unprecedented things i have mentioned. look at blogging nominations and i can show you a chart after chart of the number of nominations blocked compared to the reagan years and the swiftness with which the executive and judicial appointments went through. if you want to talk about cooperating with the president, i look at two points of comparison -- when george w. bush came into the white house, in a whi house that was in tatters almost. you have the most controversial election at least in our lifetime if not an american history. you had a president who had no coattails, 36 days to come in, facing an adversarial environment. it would have been easy for democrats to hold a dinner meeting on inaugural even say the way that we can regain power is to stomp on his neck and lever led up. we can vote against everything he wants h

court nomination blocking miguel estrada statements by people like alan west person degette mckinney. cynthiarote when we single out alan west who said you will recall that between 709081 democrats in the house or members of the communist party and he wrote well, what about cynthia mckinney i don't remember the democrats condemning her. so i went back and looked -- we have a faulty timers. i got a whole bunch of newspaper clippings, democratic leader condoms kenny, democrats get distance. so there are differences here on that front but more significantly, his so much of this is a matter of degree and not kind but also some of the unprecedented things that i've mentioned. we want to look at blocking the nominations i can show you chart after chart of the number of nominations blocked compared to what we had in the years and the swiftness with which executive and judicial appointments went through. if we want to talk about culbert and with the president instead of drawing lines in the dust, i look at the two points of comparison. when george w. bush came into the white house, and the white hous

statements like people like allen west or cynthia mckinney. steve wrote earlier when we singled out allen west who said, you will recall, that between 79 and 81 democrats in the house are members of the communist party, and he wrote, well, what about cynthia mckinney. i don't remember the democrats condemning her. so i just went back and looked and, -- we have this, a faulty timer. and, i got a whole bunch of newspaper and other clippings, democratic leader condemns mckinney. democrats get distance from mckinney. so there are differences here. on that front. but more significantly, is so much of this is a matter of degree and not kind but also some of the unprecedented things that itch mentioned. we want to look at blocking nominations, i can show you chart after chart of the number of nominations blocked compared to what we had in the reagan years, and the swiftness with which executive and judicial appointments went through. if we want to talk about cooperating with the president instead of drawing lines in the dust, i look at just two point