MSM Bias Again

The Washington Post's Dan Balz and Shailagh Murray made the following charge in the opening paragraph of their article today (HT: Hugh Hewitt):

"With the Senate poised to open debate on President Bush's appellate court nominees, a bipartisan group of senators carried on furious negotiations yesterday aimed at heading off a constitutional showdown that threatens to poison relations between the two parties and disrupt normal business in Congress."

Where have these journalists been? Buried in a cave trying to get an exclusive interview with Osama bin Laden? Because, certainly, they haven't been following events in the Senate.

There is nothing that threatens to poison relations between the two parties. It's already been poisoned by the minority Democrats, as they obstruct the duty of the Senate to "advise and consent" on the President's judicial nominations.

As far as disrupting normal business in Congress, that would be the Democrats also. They have threatened to bring Senate business to a halt if the Republicans force the elimination of the use of a filibuster for judicial nominations.

The power to head off a constitutional showdown lies entirely with the Democrats. The power to eliminate the poison from the Senate floor lies entirely with the Democrats. The power to allow the normal flow of Senate business lies entirely with the Democrats.

Too bad the Washington Post and its writers don't get it. They continue, "At issue is the extent to which Bush and the Republican majority in the Senate can reshape the federal judiciary and, most important, the Supreme Court, if vacancies occur there."

They say this as though there's something unusual about a majority party (especially one that was largely elected over the issue of the judicial nominations) shaping the federal judiciary. What do the writers think happened while Clinton was in office?

The American electorate put President Bush back in office and gave more of a majority to both the House and the Senate, so that President Bush's policies could be implemented and his judicial nominees could actually be seated on the bench. They did not put the Republicans in power so that the Democrats could control the course of our judiciary and our nation.

The Mainstream Media's bias is showing. Again.