The entire tone of this so-called article is that Senator Boxer is being a bad girl.

I suppose that you're a good girl, Mary Ann.

Good girls never make history. Seems they can't chronicle it very well, either.

Lanny Davis is a guy, I guess. Any woman would understand why Boxer is blocking Rogan. Not only was he a big pusher for Clinton's impeachment, but he is anti-choice. Barbara is doing just what the women behind her elected her to do-- trying to keep out measures that harm women. You go Barbara!

"...of all people, Lanny Davis..."

With a little research, you could see that Lanny Davis can often be the one Democrat you can count on to say something nice about some extreme Republican. Take for instance, his endorsement of Ted Olson for attorney general: that's the Ted Olson who helped lead the Republicans' 2000 post-election shenanigans in Florida. When the Jack Abramoff scandal erupts, and nearly every criminal it exposes is a Republican, one can count on Mr. Davis to warn Democrats not to point this out -- that would be "politicizing" things.

Maybe Davis is right about Rogan. Maybe he's wrong. That isn't my point. My point is simply this: Davis's opinion is absolutely no surprise, and does absolutely nothing to paint Boxer as an extremist.

"Accountability" has been touted by the Republicans, although not as much as when they had the power to limit accountability of their party members, so Rogan should applaud Sen. Boxer's move to let the Republicans know that there are consequences for acting irresponsible. But reasonable people took notice of him and the others like the late Rep. Hyde, who dismissed his infidelities as "youthful indiscretions" of his 40s, and we are not going to forget the rotten things they have dragged America through.

Patriots? Ha! These people's actions are the antithesis of patriotic behavior.

What a slanted piece of cr@p this article is! Rogan has no "claim" on a judgeship. He got caught up with the crowd and supported a highly politicized impeachment attempt and, now that passions have cooled, has realized he was wrong. So what? He demonstrated his inability to withstand political pressure which is exactly what a federal, life-time appointment judge is supposed to do. Sorry pal, you blew it, no judgeship for you! Boxer is doing exactly the right thing here.

It's her prerogative.

So be it!

This has been happening since the founding of the Republic.

Good point, Bill, about Lanny Davis being strangely apologetic.

I think I remember seeing him on C-SPAN Wash. Journal before the midterms defend Senator Leiberman in his 2006 Senate race against Ned Lamont. Bizarre. Talk about laying down.

Good grief, by impeaching Clinton Rogan has clearly shown a level of hyperpartisanship and bad judgment than is inappropriate for the bench. Good for Boxer.

Thank God for Senator Boxer, we certainly can't count on her sister senator from California to make choices like this. Forget "Lay Down" Lanny's endorsement of this hyper-righty! Lanny should be "Boxed In" with "Jilted Joe" Lieberman. Used-to-be-Demos. Emphasis on the "Used" They don't dance with those that brung 'em anymore. Stay strong Senator Boxer.

Go BB!

I actually came to this link by accident--The Sleuth is usually content I studiously avoid due to the author's hateful and dishonest contributions.

For all she tries to tar Barbara Boxer with the brush of zealousness and irrationality, I still come away seeing Boxer as principled and consistent. And, I still come away seeing the author as unprincipled, albeit consistent.

The WaPo has really taking to blowing the GOP, haven't they? Guy who lead the charge to impeach Clinton? A-okay. Idea of impeaching to biggest crook to occupy the Whitehouse in the modern era? Unthinkable! Report lies and smears on the front page as a we-said/they said item regarding Barak Obama? Done. Don't you have a story to do on that, precious?

Barbara Boxer is doing exactly what ever real democrat should do to the no good republican's who impeached a great president over nothing and let a tyrant like W run loose in the world.Too bad Nancy Pelosi doesn't have the guts that Boxer does if she did Bush would be impeached which he so richly deserves.

As others have said, it is absolutely no surprise that Liebercrat Lanny Davis has been trotted out to make the Republicans' case for Rogan.

By associating himself with Delay's impeachment farce to the degree he did, James Rogan demonstrated a lack of understanding of (if not, as is I suspect more likely, indifference to) the Constitution that by any reasonable standard should disqualify him from acting as an interpreter of this country's sacred text. George Bush has done enough damage to the Constitution and the principles of separation of powers and checks and balances. Kudos to Senator Boxer for taking a stand.

PS: Lanny Davis was also regularly called upon to defend Alberto "Abu G." Gonzales. Said on NPR that Democratic "attacks" on Bush's real estate lawyer were "just like" Republican attacks on Janet Reno.

Honest to god, do the people the post pays to cover politics not follow the news?

Welcome to "sleuthiness." It seems there is nothing that the corporate media - for which the Washington Post is archetypal - likes better than propagating the "balanced" notion that Democrats are just as bad as Republicans, each in their own way and always, if only you dig hard enough, or rather, stretch far enough. Journalism has been sunk since and insofar as it traded the ideal of objectivity for this phony ideal of balance.

Boxer is doing no less than I would hope and more than I expect. Good for her!

I agree with Boxer. Rogan and his Repulican friends behaved in a very unprofessional manner. They knew they had no case. That impeachment was an incredibly nasty thing to do.

Rogan was a full-blown experienced adult at the time. Forgiveness is one thing. Putting this man on the federal bench is another.

And I agree with a comment above about Ted Olson. He was one of the intigators of the Arkansas Project financed by William Mellon Scaife. Was a nasty lot were the Republicans who tried to ruin Clinton via any means possible.

With "Democrats" like Lanny Davis who needs Republicans?

I remember watching Mr. Rogan during impeachment. He was hot-headed, unreflective and arrogant -- exactly the kind of person who should be kept off the federal bench.

You would think that the ostensibly "consequentalist" repubicans would be capable of anticipating that their actions might have consequences and exercising some comity or grace. God, grace and the Constitution are with the Democratic Party on this one. Rogan looked back and should turn to salt.

Sorry, but isn't it still the perogative of the House and Congress to give the final okay to judges with LIFETIME appointments? Or is this supposed to mean that she is to roll over and play dead because someone else thinks he would make a good judge while she has differing opinions? At least democrats are not threatening to ignore all judge appointments to the end of Bush's term as the republicans did when Clinton appointed an ambassadore during a congressional recess and the republicans didn't like that happening without their okay. So was it okay for republicans to hold a grudge and make threats to Clinton while democrats are held to a different standard? I don't think so!!!

Rogan is a right wing jihadist and has no business being a federal job. The nomination to the bench is a payola by the Bush regime for his role during impeachment. The Bushies had appointed the impeachment jihadists to high level positions as a bribe for their role during impeachment.

Is there any chance that anyone is left at the Washington Post who is not completely in the pockets of the GOP? Just how many tasty shrimp have you people enjoyed with the Beltway crowd in the last seven years anyway?

Even Lanny Davis agrees with the Republicans on this one and even the Washington Generals lose to the Harlem Globetrotters. Sharp reporting, folks. And great editing that keeps reporters on their toes! People don't call the Post "Pravda on the Potomac" for nothing. Excellent sucking up.

Lanny Davis is a "FOX Democrat". He is there for the right wing to trot out to plead their case.

Quoting Jason Roe who was last seen photoshopping Tammy Duckworth's eyes to make her look like Mao Tse-tung's daughter in Peter Roskam's disgusting and dishonest anti-immigration ads in last year's election isn't going to help your credibility Mary Ann.
This clown also managed to get himself and his boss Roskam awarded Keith Olberman's worst person of the week for defending the use of the cut and run slur against Duckworth, a legless Iraq War vet.

Wherever the hired gun from Roskam's campaign and corrupt House Rep Tom Feeney's former chief of staff goes a stench follows him that no amount of his fancy cologne can cover up.

Go Barabara Boxer!

The sham of an impeachment of Clinton is only slightly less embarrassing then NOT impeaching Bush!

Lany Davis is exactly the kind of Democrat John Edwards is speaking about when he refers to Corpocrats.

The Reeps tried to "ruin Clinton in any way possible." Anybody else watch the 2 hour Frontline special on the Clinton scandals They tried so hard to be timely that they screwed up big time--they finished editing the show two weeks before the Clown in Chief left office, thereby missing the whole Marc Rich et al debacle. True story. I guess we can blame those evil Republicans for that one, too.

The Clintons are entitled to forgive their enemies but Boxer owes a duty to her state to represent the values for which she was elected. I don't want another knuckle-dragger on the federal bench just because Hillary is busy triangulating. Bravo, Senator Boxer!

What a load of slanted rubbish. Rogan has no right to elevation to the federal bench and no right to expect Boxer's support. Is it really any surprise, given the divergence in their views, and given his role in the disgraceful impeachment circus, that Boxer doesn't think he's fit for federal judgeship?

Only in the absurd world of Mary Ann Akers.

Interesting, Lanny Davis is a Bush Appointee:
(this should have been mentioned in this blog).

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In June 2005, President Bush appointed Mr. Davis to serve on the five-member Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, created by the U.S. Congress as part of the 2005 Intelligence Reform Act.

From here:

http://www.orrick.com/lawyers/Bio.asp?ID=149059

If you're against Boxer I probably disagree with you. We could use 99 more just like her in the senate!

LANNY DAVIS IS A DLC HACK.

Barbara Boxer is a gutless coward most of the time. This time, she did something right. So I guess she can go back to being a gutless coward now. Still, let's be fair: she's one of the better Republican Senators that California has had in recent decades.

Two issues here:
1) Of course the Clinton's forgive Rogan. Hillary is running for president and it would be the gracious thing to do.
2) Boxer's hold is not vindictive in the least. Why reward a man for his participation in a witch hunt? If anything Rogan's role in the impeachement of Bill Clinton shows his in ability to be a fair and impartial jusrist.

http://politicallyanonymous.blogspot.com/

So, old "Rogan Josh" is still out there. I say let him rot. Now we hear Henry Hyde's body is still warm and someone at the Post is trying to clean up his history. Good ridddance.

anyone involved in the impeachment of president clinton is way too partisan for any type of judgeship. we need judges that know what is important and what isn,t,
i love boxer and wish i could vote for her more than once. i may contact DIEBOLD for info.
i forget was national security not a concern during the impeachment.
i do remember repubs talking about clinton embarressing the office of the presidency, while everyday telling the press about every and any allegations they could find.

I'd be interested to know who earns a Presidential endorsement from Mr. Lanny Davis.

That's the kiss of death for my vote.

Who is kidding whom? This is politics, hard and dirty, and it isn't a timid person's game. Boxer has shown, on and off, that she has a spine as opposed to her Senatorial counterpart. More power to her. There needs to be a payoff at some time, if you ever want to be respected.

Pay backs are hell!

(I love it!)

Its all good! I am sure some Dem will get it back in spades sometime in the future and all you dems will cry like babies.

Blah, blah, blah. All that stuff about representing California voters and women's issues is swell - but it's really much more basic than that: for years the Rethuglican leadership has been punishing people who stood in their way. So much so that even moderates in their own party were cowed. Meanwhile the Democrats cloaked their pusillanimity with righteous notions of doing the "right" thing and focusing the "issues." And where did it get them? Nowhere. The Rethugs have been chucklng to themselves and acting with impunity - even after they lost control of Congress. So maybe if the Democrats start playing the same game we'll actually get somewhere. After all, during the Cold War "Mutually Assured Destruction" kept both sides from doing anything too extreme. Maybe it's time to try that approach in Congress.

What's the bg deal? This is her job and responsibility and she is compensated well for it. While I applaud her for it, these Dems haven't gone far enough.

Stopping him from being a Federal judge. Whoope de Do. I'm sure he has done very well for himself while having a record of denying minimum wages, allowing corporations to pollute, pushing down minorities and seeing that the wealth in this Country goes more and more to the priviledged while many of the underclass can't afford health care.

Why didn't Boxer stand with the Representatives who wanted to stop the coronation of George Bush in 2000? That election was as crooked as it gets. Where was the outcry from them on how the vote was stopped? It only would have taken 1 single Senator to get the ball rolling and yet not one of these folks stepped up to the plate. I guess protecting yourself and your position was more important than fighting for honest elections.

Anyway, she's a hell of a lot better than most and I don't want to condemn her, I just want her to be a whole lot meaner to these enablers of racists and greedy intolerent self servers who have been taking this Coutry in a fascist direction.

That's one reason I'm voting for Hillary. Besdies being the best qualified, I have to believe that deep down, she despises these folks as much as I do and if elected will do her best to make their life hell. Just like they did to the Dems.

Why do the Dems always treat these scumbags with respect? Doing this makes folks believe there isn't much differene between the two.

You don't have to be particularly liberal, or be a Barbara Boxer fan, to see that everything in this article, starting with the title, smacks of biased reporting. The Post is clearly not the paper it once was, and stories like this are simply evidence of that sad fact.

Oh, so a floor manager for Clinton's impeachment has a judicial temperament? Splendid.

And somebody should throw Lanny Davis, the DINO's DINO, in the duck pit.

Republicans are in for a world of hurt. They are going to be very miserable. They do not appear to even realize what is coming. Instead they are still in hate response mode. It will be fun to watch them implode.

Since I have movd from California I will no longer be able to vote for Barbara Boxer. She is one of the few Senators who will act on principle. She is exactly right in keeping Rogan off the federal bench. Barbara Boxer's actions are those of a patriotic American.

Worth Repeating:
"The entire tone of this so-called article is that Senator Boxer is being a bad girl.

I suppose that you're a good girl, Mary Ann.

Good girls never make history. Seems they can't chronicle it very well, either.

Posted by: Mister Methane | November 30, 2007 04:10 PM"

Who appointed this Rogan to be a federal judge ?

Bush, is that right ?

Now please explain what Bush has done to cooperate or negotiate or coexist with the Democrats in the Congress.

Oh, right ... NOTHING. Why should Boxer help Bush appoint another, probably horrible, right-wing judge ?

The key to this article by The Sleuth is that the appointer is not named.

Senator Boxer : stick to your guns.

NO republiCON should ever be appointed to a life time appointment as a judge, especially a reich wing one like this idiot. I am sick of people saying they are Democrats and then act like a republiCON. Lanny Davis is in the wrong party. He acts and talks like a republiCON. All republiCONs should go straight to hell and not collect $200.

You go BB and don't let these republiCONs sway you. It's time to start acting like the republiCONs act, otherwise, they will just skin you alive and take all your money.

Has Rogan publically mentioned any of the administrations high crimes and misdemeaners?
To be fair and impartial he would have to demonstrate some fair and impartial judgement to be considered for a life time job. Good job Barbara!

Somebody should ask Rogan if he believes Giuliani's lies and misdemeanors regarding his adulterous affair are worse than Clinton's perjury rap. Go Barbara, Go! Thank you for undoing some of the damage Feinstein has done to California's reputation.
BTW I used to read The Washington Post for free online. It's such an utter load of unreadable crap now, that even that is overpriced. Mary Ann Akers might just be the brighest bulb working here, and let's face it, she takes a short yellow bus to work. Oh yeah! One other thing. Lanny Davis is a twatwaffle.

It's Boxer's perogative to vote how she chooses....

But that is pretty petty of her. Should have stuck with politics instead of exposing herself as the emotional trollup she apparently is...

Guess they are using Sour Grapes to make win in California this year...

Why on this earth would the Democratic Senate under Harry Reid, or Pat Leahy's Judiciary Committee even pretend to consider a vote on a judicial nominee who had impeached and tried to convict President Clinton? Why is this not a laughing matter and the nomination sent down in flames as soon as it arrived on the Hill?

Guess they are using Sour Grapes to make win in California this year...

Posted by: Brian Wohlgemuth | December 1, 2007 12:40 AM
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No sour grapes here. Boxer speaks for the vast majority of Californians. We don't want another Republican tool on the Federal bench, and if we had our way, Bush/Cheney would be out of office and wearing orange jumpsuits by now.

"emotional trollup"

Why no, as a matter of I don't know how to spell mysoginist either.

I support Senator Boxer. Look at what happen to those who impeached Nixon. Clinton was wrong but people like James Rogan were on a mission to remove Clinton so the GOP could start their mission. Look it didn't work so the GOP stole the Election. The plan was to invade the Government and do just what they've done. Yes James Rogan was part of the team and now he was fair play. This man helped make this country before the worse it's ever been in the History of the United States of America.

Good for Senator Boxer. Aggressive, nasty Republicans need to know they pay a price when they go after Democrats.

Actually, the point, as Henry Hyde admitted, was that impeachment was groundless and the Republicans pursued it just because they could. Essentially, it wasn't Clinton who committed high crimes and misdemeanors against the nation but the Republicans. They abused their high office, the powers of their office and their oath of office out of viciousness and partisan politics.

Boxer's doing the right thing. Either Rogan believes that refusing to satisfy a witchhunt was grounds for impeachment, or he believes in the use of impeachment to pursue whatever the GOP tells him to do. Either way, he's utterly unqualified for any position requiring judgment, integrity or responsibility.

I certainly hope she is blocking him for his part in the Clinton impeachment. We don't need another bias, bigoted rightwinger judge, got that Ms Mary Ann. Sen. Boxer is just doing her job, and a damn fine job she's doing I might add.

Senator Boxer is doing her job. I'm sure she is listening to the will of the people she represents.

Judicial Temperament -- lack there of.

Former Rep. Rogan has not changed his spots.

Given the antics of the Rethugs under Bush, membership in the Republican party should be disqualifying for a judgeship. It shows a lack of judgement and morals.

Neo-Cons and Neo-Liberals, why do they keep pretending that their a different animal. Bill Clinton was riding high and needed to be brought down a notch or two. Thats how we got GW Bush, by design and now we are getting ready with open arms to accept the next Clinton because of W's failures, all by design. Designed for who? Designed for the sheeple of course! The sheeple like living in a false left/right paradigm, its comfortable. It's time for a real change, lets get off this ride, I'm getting dizzy and let's vote for RonPaul2008.com.

Democrats are not about getting even; Democrats are about getting results.

- Nancy Pelosi, Nov. 8, 2006

Oh Really? ....and why can't we just moveon.org?

A few notes:

Clinton was guilty of obstruction of justice and perjury. There is no doubt of that. Whether or not the Senate found the level of his crimes to merit his removal, don't forget that Clinton had to surrender his law license to avoid being disbarred. As to why he was not indicted for the Marc Rich bribe/pardon, I cannot say, but to see Clinton as some sort of victim is just laughable.

There are so many deranged comments above, it is impossible to know where to begin.

For example, if Lanny Davis is a closet Republican and conservative hack, why did he appear on the Tucker Carlson show this past week and try to spin that Clinton's statement that he'd "supported the authorization" for the Iraq war did't mean Clinton had supported the war (at least he didn't ask Carlson to define what "is" is). Well, he did dare to defend Joe Lieberman, former Democrat VP canadidate (in case you forgot) when his party threw him under a bus [that didn't work out too well for you guys, did it?].

Many others just use their space to attack Bush, whine about the 2000 "shenanigans" (the lawsuit was initiated by Gore, in case you forgot) the Evil Neocons, the late Henry Hyde and Giuliani (he's not President yet, guys).

My advice: take a valium and watch your blood pressure. All this venom will make your heads explode.

Bravo to Senator Boxer. She is and has been a true champion of honesty, fair play and strong principles.

Rogan, so very worried about the integrity of the office back then, has no problem taking an appointment from (and then, surely, protecting the agenda of) the most dishonest, corrupt, malicious, irresponsible and inept bunch ever to besmirch the White House. At this point, pretty much anybody who isn't calling for Bush's impeachment is morally and intellectually unqualified for a judgeship -- or for that matter a seat in Congress. So, you go Barbara; give Rogan the conservatives' compassionate homily: "Actions have consequences."

Not only should Rogan not be a judge, He should be sent to Gitmo and waterboarded to find out why he tryed to destroy the USA .We do not need people like this. .. After the next election, when Democrats take TOTAL control of US government we need to round up everybody like this and "take care" of them !

I never was a huge fan of Clinton, that being said I always felt impeaching someone over a BJ was pretty weak. As for Bush, his crimes are massively worse than Clinton's. The Bush admin outed a CIA officer who was in fact (though the right wingers deny the truth) was covert and worked in non proliferation. This is treason. Of course the right will twist the language to suit their needs.

Good for Barbara! She did the right thing. When the Republicans, show that they are ready to compromise with the Democrats on issues such as Iraq, condemning torture, restoring habeas corpus, etc., then and only then should we show we are ready to listen to them.

The last person any Democrat should listen to is Lanny Davis. He is a neocon DINO, a Beltway insider and "centrist" DLC member. He supported Joe Lieberman against Ned Lamont, has cautioned against "politicizing" the Iraq war, etc., etc.

I would vote for Barbara Boxer for Speaker of the House....a much better choice than either Pelosi or Fienstien...but of course the corporcrats in the DLC, just won't have it....what the people want, doesn't count any more..some how, they think they are the leaders and we are the followers...thats exactly backwards and in direct conflict of what the Constitution says...no wonder, they all want to either shred or contend that the Constitution no longer matters

Clearly Rogan is an extreme partisan who can not separate his political ideology from his views on the law. His role during the failed impeachment of Clinton are an indication that he is more than willing to abuse the law for partisan political purposes. After the unwarranted impeachment of Clinton and the Bush regime's abuse of the Justice Department to prosecute political opponents, one can only be deliberately obtuse to think that there is no reason to block extreme right wing partisans from judicial appointments.

It would seem that Mary Ann Akers has no problem with turning the American justice system into a Kafkaesque, Soviet style tyranny when it benefits her corporate paymasters and their puppets in the Republican party.

How could anyone who thought Clinton's behavior amounted to "high crimes and misdemeanors" be fit to be a public defender, far less a federal judge? Surely we want judges who know what the law is.

As for Lanny Davis' opinions, he's DLC and that explains everything you need to know. As a DLC member, his interests are not those of the Democratic party or democracy. How about some journalist doing an investigative report on who contributes to the DLC (mainly corporations and right wing foundations) and what the real purpose of that organization is?

This is wonderful. The jerks who were the impeachment managers should have horrible lives. They did INCREDIBLE damage to the country with their insane impeachment. Rogan with his impeachment try showed that he would make a HORRIBLE HORRIBLE judge.

Calif. has 2 Democratic Senators.
Therefore, NO Republican WILL EVER
get nominated to a federal judgeship out
of California, unless Bush threatens to
veto all the Democratic ones until they
give him one he wants.

This is not newsworthy at all.

I am pleased to see someone finally say enough is enough to the bullies that have no interest in the well being of our country.

Thank you Senator Boxer.

Now, any chance you could take a look at thins like spying on Americans, government approved torture, the perversion of our economic/tax policies/electoral process ...

What a pathetic group we have posting here today...the same bunch of myopic, morally corrupt Democrats who wrung their hankies and cried, "It's not fair...it's not fair" even in the face of overwhelming evidence of obstruction of justice, perjury, etc. A bunch of snot-nosed children...the whole lot of you. Oh...and I'm NOT a Republican.

I think it's pretty clear Rogan lacks judgment. That's a pretty good reason not to let him be a judge, don't you think?
How many of our judges are just washed up snake oil salesmen from one or the other political crime syndicates? Is this really an appropriate retirement for self acknowledged partisans? Couldn't they sweep the streets or clean public toilets instead?

go Barbara! NO MORE REPUBLICAN IDEOLOGUES in lifetime Federal Court positions! yeah, this blog entry is written in a sneering tone, apoplectic at the idea that the people responsible for the Clinton impeachment shouldn't suffer any ill as a result. they certainly should, and its great to see Boxer standing up and calling BS what it is, and right-wing nutcases what they are. Lanny Davis is not representative of Democrats, he's as crazy as the rest of them (republican nut-cases, that is).

joed: Remind me how many people died as a result of the horrors you describe?

Another Californian for Boxer Here. KUTGW!

Hooray for Senator Boxer. In the impeachment process Rogan, like the recently deceased Henry Hyde, betrayed his country to serve his party.

We will be reaping the disaster they wrought for decades, but their reign of torture, ignorance, incompetence is almost past.

What's your point Mary Ann? Boxer has stated several very good reasong not to vote on Rogan and even if Rogan's impeachment issue were the only thing against him it would still be enough. Impeaching a president for sex was not what impeachment was for. Now, when it comes to lying to the public in order to go to war, that deserves impeachemnt. How about it Mary Ann? Are you for impeachment of Bush and Cheney yet or not?

About time one of the Spineless Senators finally got a backbone! Maybe she's not as useless as DiFi who is too busy caving in to Bush's illegal and unconstitutional spying on our phone calls and emails to do something about the wingnuts Bush wants to appoint to the Federal bench for life.

My, my. Where to begin? How much vitriol supporting a man who could feign interest in anything provided it furthered his own ambition. Nixon was slightly paranoid (just like Hillary!), but Bill has a self-destructive personality a mile wide. The Clinton's kept handing amunition to Ken Star and he kept using it. Duh! Ms. Boxer's legal shenanigans blocking a federal judge is part and parcel of a broken system poplulated by individuals on both sides that refuse to "move on". Ms. Boxer's continuing blocking energy exploration/development in support of Ludite inspired stupidity removes all "rights" of hers to scream and pontificate regarding energy availability and price structure. That will be her legacy.

Good for Boxer, who consistently shows strong progressive values.
She's got bigger balls than Lanny Davis.

Mary Ann, Mary Ann, little lap poodle, do the Republicans feed you tiny bites of cocktail weenies as those favulous DC parties, so you will write these absurd, wildly biased hit pieces on Dems? What a said, pathetic rag the Post has becomes.

I'm afraid you're a little but jealous of Ms. Boxer, who has actually accomplished something with her life, who has guts and ability. While you, well, a snotty little toady gossip columnist--no wonder you're jealous.

Thanks scottbottons, for adding some balance to the discussion. Blocking a federal judge's appointment sure is a bad thing. So is being against progress. Ken Starr's 16-million dollar stake-out was definitely a wise investment Ken has moved on to Pepperdine and Rogan should move on to a position where he can continue to contribute to the republic. As you suggest, more oil exploration is what is needed to solve our energy problems. Your views certainly add a needed perspective that progressives often overlook. Caution though, the phrase "move on" has been co-opted by the commies.

Unbelievable, the venom coming from these Democrat posters. Clinton uses public resources (state troopers) to facilitate him as he sexually harasses a woman, which he later admits, but there's no cry of "foul" from any of the women's rights types.

He messes around in the workplace with a White House intern less than half his age (exactly the kind of power inequality that defines sexual harassment when someone other than a Democrat hero does it). Yet nobody on the left can raise more than a yawn.

Then, when someone tries to bring the girl (Monica) in to testify in the harassment lawsuit, Clinton mobilizes his team of lawyers and spin hitmen to character assassinate her - right up until the incompetent Ken Starr shows his hand and lets Slick Willy off the hook by revealing the Special Prosecutor has DNA evidence. At which point, Clinton makes up for it all with his trembling lipped apology.

And the bad guy in all of this to you people is the one brave guy out of all the impeachment managers - Jim Rogan - who puts accountability for the powerful ahead of his own prospects for re-election in a district where D's outnumber R's by a wide margin?

So much for caring about the rights of women. So much for caring about the powerless versus the powerful. So much for any kind of principles, period! You people make a joke out of any claim to principle. You stand for nothing but raw power.

Jim Rogan is a hero, nothing short of a hero, and this country would be immeasurably better off if there were 534 more public servants like him in Congress. We should be lucky to have even one or two.

Democrats who are so vindictive and hateful about this gy because of his role in impeachment look like nothing more than hypocritical fascist wannabes. You cloak yourselves in virtuous causes and speak in virtuous terms, but in reality you're just sitting in wait for a day when, if allowed to follow through on the nasty impulses behind the comments on this page, you would not hesitate to indulge in political murder, would you? It's scary as crap listening to the kinds of things you people write!

Thank God for the Second Amendment. Please get a grip and try to grow some civility. If you can't, then we're all in this country going to end up in one hell of a mess one day!

Thank you Senator Boxer!

Thank goodness somebody in Washington has the guts to take a stand. Boxer doesn't have a grudge against Rogan. The man is simply not qualified.

The headline is a typical Mary Ann Akers' nitwiticism. Senator Boxer is just blocking the appointment of an unqualified nominee.

so she has the balls to block a nomination, but not to stop the war?

good thing we have senator boxer, since that man is simply not qualified, without her blocking his nomination he would obviously win confirmation from the rest of the democrat do nothings

STOP the FairTax SCHEME

Your right Pelosi and Boxer are so party blind that even if a Independent, Libertarian or god help them a Republican did meet their extremely leftnut standards they still would not permit the appointment to a judge just because they have not paid thier dues to the dhimnocrat party.

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STOP the Fair Tax SCHEME

The FairTax Scheme is a double tax on the savings of the citizens of the US. Ask Rep Linder (sponsor of the bill) why income (savings/investments/retirements/inheritances/home equity) taxed under the income tax system is not excluded from a double taxation at the point of sale consumption tax. You'll get a rino, dhimnocrat, bushacrat, chillary double speak non-answer.

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Good news that the Dems are exercising their muscles.
Show them the Way, Barbara!

Wish you were Senate Majority Leader Barbara. Harry Reid needs to take a lesson from you on how to stand up.

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And a fighter by her trade
And she carries the reminders
Of every glove that laid her down
Or cut her till she cried out
In her anger and her shame
"I am leaving, I am leaving"
But the fighter still remains
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Barbara Boxer represents everything that is wrong with America. It seems she can't let go of the past. Not only that, her primary reasons for keeping Rogan off the bench are as follows. He doesn't support the slaughter of unborn children. Seems logical to me. He believes America's economy comes first, before caving in to environmental nutjobs and laying people off from work to make himself belief he is helping to change the natural cycles of warm & cold the Earth goes through. Get over it lefties, God controls nature. Rogan also believes that it's okay for a business to be profitable and be able to stay in business. Instead of creating a min. wage so that a company would have to lay off 5 to pay 2, he believes in allowing a pay for performance basis so that business can be profitable. Finally, Rogan supports people's rights to own firearms to protect their families, themselves, their homes & enjoy the art of hunting. Instead, Boxer & her liberal friends would like to take guns & hunting away from everyday God fearing & law abiding citizens so that criminals will be the only people with guns.

Rogan should be approved by the senate. He's be a fine judge representing conservative American principles.

Rogan = Groan

Clinton deserved some punishment.He lied to a grand jury.He may have been convicted but for the republican cowards in the senate,who let the demos set the rules.One of their rules was that no evidence that hadn't already been made public couldn't be introduced.Later Clinton gave military secrets to China for illegal campaign dollars and he should have been punished by losing all benefits of an ex-president.
I hope the republicans get some guts and start a constant stream of negativism and lies for 8 years if the demos win.Payback time.I hope the republicans prevent any more left-wingers get appointed to the 9th circuit court.

Also,whitewater and Sandy Berger should be thoroughly investigated.It appears that some kind of deal has been made between the demos and repubs.

Looks like Mary Anne has decided to use the Republican technique of finding facts to support her prejudices. Any one who helped waste a hundred million American tax dollars over a b j isn't suitable for any public position.

In response to Sen. James Inhofe's characteristically boorish interruption of Al Gore's global warming testimony, Barbara Boxer famously said "Elections have consequences!" Indeed... And now Senator Boxer is exercising her perogative -- and she is entirely within her rights (and constituent wishes) to block the nomination of the odious former Rp. James Rogan's nomination to the federal bench. Senator Boxer has my full support!

I agree with most other posts that were critical of Ms. Akers' apparent right-wing slant taken with this particular story. In terms of D.C. gossip-telling, I hope "The Sleuth" can maintain an even-handed approach without morphing into "The Right-Wing Mouthpiece"!

Way to go, Senator! Maybe the Clinton's don't hold a grudge, but I sure as hell do. Well, now it's payback time and all the Republicans can do is whine over getting exactly what they deserve.

Not only should the Rogan appointment be blocked, but every Federal judge and Supreme Court justice appointed by Bush should have to resign. Fruit of the poisoned tree.

if she can stop rogan why cant she stop the war

Bravo Senator Boxer!
BTW Now that it appears the mopheaded himbo, Tucker Carlson is going to be replaced, how about an afternoon version of THE VIEW? I'd watch a show with Stephanie Miller, Rachel Maddow, Janeane Garofolo, and with Mary Ann Akers playing the nitwitted rightwing foil in lieu of Elizabeth Hasselback.

Rogan burned a bridge, and like most CONselfservatives, doesn't want to suffer consequences. Senator Boxer has my respect.We need more like her.

Thanks, Ms. Boxer. Finally, there is a California Senator with integrity and guts! Stand your ground and never let that despicable Rogan have that "lifetime" appointment to the bench. His kind of 'judge' is unAmerican.

Yes! As a Californian I support Senator Boxer's decision to block Republican James Rogan from federal bench. For the last 7 years the Bush mafia purged democrats from the federal government. It's payback time!

As we democrats take back the White House in 2008, we must make sure to staff the federal government with democrats. We have to destroy the mafia Republicans!

Yes! As a Californian I support Senator Boxer's decision to block Republican James Rogan from federal bench. For the last 7 years the Bush mafia purged democrats from the federal government. It's payback time!

As we democrats take back the White House in 2008, we must make sure to staff the federal government with democrats. We have to destroy the mafia Republicans!

One more Bush troglodyte bites the dust. And don't you just love what they've done to the country in 7 short years? Brought a once mighty and revered nation to its knees (or in the case of New Orleans, to its tippy toes). Block them all, and send a message to ALL those who took part in this massive failure of an administration that their incompetence, greed and ignorance will not go unnoticed by history. Assuming we still have one after they leave office...

So Joe "False Witness" Rogan is sorry now. Now he knows he was wrong.

BUT-

If the Republicans political hatchet job on President Clinton had not been stopped, would Rogan be so penitent now?

I doubt it.

I think that if Rogan's false accusations has won, he would still be as arrogant and unreflective now as he was then.

The charges against Clinton would still be as bogus as Rogan now admits. But Rogan would have taken down the best president in recent memory.

Here's a few of the many questions Akers failed to ask:

"Mr. Rogan, you now realize that President Clinton had not committed the high crimes and misdemeanors that you impeached him for. If you had succeeded in removing President Clinton from office, would you have come to this realization?"

"If so, how would you have atoned for your miscarriage of justice?"

"What has changed in your understanding of justice to keep you from committing so grave a miscarriage of justice ever again?"

Barbara Boxer's a clown. Anyone who offers aid to either of the Clinton's belongs in Coleeeforniiaa with Arnold and the Frisco misfits.

billy2trees says "...clown... misfits..."

Why the hate? Why are most of the comments from Republicans so full of hate? There's little light or reason from Republicans on this page.

It's all Limbaugh-hate and nastiness. After two administrations from the "divider not uniter", the country is in much worse shape than it was seven years ago.

What are Republicans willing to make concessions on in order to to have bipartisanship and civility? Nothing?

Why do Republican fail to see cooperation as anything other than stamping their feet to get their way (like getting Rogan a lifetime appointment)?

if she can stop rogan why cant she stop the war

Rogan was and is a bad,evil person, he now wants a plum position, Ok give him a dog catcher job ,even that he does not deserve , thia person is evil, evil and I feel sorry for the people if he ever was put in a position to judge people, horrible just thinking of him where he could spresd his venom ideolgy, hatred,bigotry

Grow up, Barbara Boxer. The past is the past. Instead of refocusing on the impeachment of Bill Clinton, you and the other Democrats, who were swept into office in the mid term elections should have done the next right thing immediately: Impeached George Bush. You did not have to go far to find his transgressions and law breaking, John Conyers and his Judiciary Committee were ready to roll as they should have. So get off it. Move on to the present. You have bigger fish to fry that James Rogan. When you are talking about this, what are you not talking about? George Bush's impeachment, Iraq, Universal Health Care etc. Please spare us the small stuff and stop trivializing what the voters sent you to Washinton to do: STOP THE WAR IN IRAQ!!!!

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"Maureen Murphy: "So get off it. Move on to the present. You have bigger fish to fry that James Rogan."

WRONG! The fact is, something must be done about Rogan's nomination. Boxer must support or oppose. "Move on" is not a third option.

Rogan has PROVEN he lacks good judgment. Boxer is right to oppose. She can do that AND help end the Republicans' failed war AND help deliver on universal health care.

Yet one more reason to validate my support for Barbara Boxer!

Forgive and forget?

Some of us have principles we choose to live by.

People! You need more information to know how back-stabbing and vindictive Boxer actually is.
That Parsky commission had 3 republicans plus 3 dems who are hand picked by Boxer and Feinstein themselves. These partisan people voted 6-0 that Rogan was a well-qualified candidate (as did the ultra-left ABA). The commission sat on the nom for over a year--and Boxer gave them the go ahead for the nom.
Now she is going back on her support embarrassing the commission, Feinstein (who is a woman of class when it comes to keeping her word) and mostly herself.
Her opposition had over a year to find reasons. She could have killed this nom with one phone call to her people on the commission, without her finger on trigger. What has caused this sudden conscience that she couldn't find with plenty of time?
She is an embarrassment to California, YET AGAIN!

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