Estrada Out............

[sarettah]

Ya talk about your spin.... The democrats are blaming the republicans, but it was the democrats filibuster that held up the appointment....

Go figure...........


http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,96437,00.html

Dems Blame White House for Estrada
Thursday , September 04, 2003
By Liza Porteus


WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats blamed the White House Thursday for the Senate's failure to confirm judicial nominee Miguel Estrada (search), nominated 28 months ago to a seat on the federal bench.

Estrada sent a letter to President Bush on Thursday, and wrote that he was taking his name out of the ring for a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals (search) in Washington, D.C., to return his focus to his legal career and his family.

Republicans, on the other hand, said Democrats were biased against Estrada, who is a Hispanic conservative, with one House leader calling the seven filibusters of his nomination a "political hate crime."

Bush, in a statement issued on Air Force One as the president flew to a speech in Kansas City, Mo., Thursday, said he accepted the resignation "with regret."