http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2010/03/whip-count-no-14-in-a-series-one-blue-dog-barks-no-another-stays-silent/ The latest Politics news and blog posts from ABC News contributors and bloggers including Jake Tapper, George Stephanopoulos and more. Fri, 17 May 2013 23:49:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2010/03/whip-count-no-14-in-a-series-one-blue-dog-barks-no-another-stays-silent/#comment-517386 Denbo Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:06:23 +0000 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2010/03/whip-count-no-14-in-a-series-one-blue-dog-barks-no-another-stays-silent/#comment-517386 Glenn, riiight. No offense but this is a vote buying game. Glenn, riiight. No offense but this is a vote buying game.

]]> http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2010/03/whip-count-no-14-in-a-series-one-blue-dog-barks-no-another-stays-silent/#comment-517382 Glenn Sugameli Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:46:38 +0000 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2010/03/whip-count-no-14-in-a-series-one-blue-dog-barks-no-another-stays-silent/#comment-517382 ABC News aptly notes that "Matheson has been the subject of much evidence-free speculation by conservative media about alleged -- and unproven -- vote-buying" and that "Significantly, both of Utah’s Republican senators have stated that Scott Matheson’s judgeship has been in the works for a long time and is not part of any quid pro quo." The conservative media conspiratorial fantasy has also been debunked by The Salt Lake Tribune (which “laughed the … suggestion off the table”), the right-wing Power Line blog, and Paul Cassell, a very conservative former U.S. District Judge appointed by President George W. Bush. Cassell wrote: “Given that the ABA was evaluating Scott in roughly January, one would expect an announcement roughly six weeks later – exactly as happened here. … Unfortunately for conspiracy theorists, the facts show that the Scott Matheson nomination has nothing to with the health care debate.” [I have headed the environmental community's “Judging the Environment” project, which focuses on federal judicial nominations, since 2001.] Glenn Sugameli Staff Attorney, Judging the Environment ABC News aptly notes that “Matheson has been the subject of much evidence-free speculation by conservative media about alleged — and unproven — vote-buying” and that “Significantly, both of Utah’s Republican senators have stated that Scott Matheson’s judgeship has been in the works for a long time and is not part of any quid pro quo.”
The conservative media conspiratorial fantasy has also been debunked by The Salt Lake Tribune (which “laughed the … suggestion off the table”), the right-wing Power Line blog, and Paul Cassell, a very conservative former U.S. District Judge appointed by President George W. Bush.
Cassell wrote: “Given that the ABA was evaluating Scott in roughly January, one would expect an announcement roughly six weeks later – exactly as happened here. … Unfortunately for conspiracy theorists, the facts show that the Scott Matheson nomination has nothing to with the health care debate.”
[I have headed the environmental community's “Judging the Environment” project, which focuses on federal judicial nominations, since 2001.]
Glenn Sugameli
Staff Attorney, Judging the Environment

]]>