Veep Biden and Sen Graham had a pow-wow yesterday. Be concerned.

By Kay Daly July 16, 2010 11:52 AM
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In a tiny little Hill blog piece yesterday, http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing- ... e-thursday
there was a blurb on an under-the-radar meeting, one-on-one, between Senator Lindsey Graham and Vice President Joe Biden. This is worrisome on so....many....fronts.

Joe Biden, for all of his gaffes and foibles, is still one smart political operative. He rode the train home to Delaware with Arlen Specter on his way home to Pennsylvania every single weekend for years and is the one that most folks believe orchestrated Arlen's party switch. Interesting piece here on the possibility for a White House job for Specter after his career as a Senator comes to an end this fall. Must be nice. http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch ... ecter.html

Biden served on the Judiciary Committee, even as its chairman, for many crucial years and knows the significance of judicial nominations among other important pieces of business that go through that committee. Gang of 14? Remember them? Well, Graham was a key player in that little smoke-filled room and so was Biden.

A great deal can happen in a meeting like this, particularly when no one is watching terribly closely. Knowing that both Biden and Graham really dig the media spotlight, a quiet meeting with no press screams that something terribly political is about to go down.

Rumor has it that Lindsey Graham may announce his support for Elena Kagan. Could this little huddle with Biden been to seal the deal on that vote? If that is the case, someone needs to place a call to his primary opponent and churn up the fundraising machine because that would require a serious sanction.

Now don't get me wrong. In many ways, I really do understand the concept that an elected official must vote the district to stay in office to do those things that are terribly important. So if a vote comes along where you are NOT the difference between passage and oblivion, it is more forgiveable. (Scott Brown, are you taking notes here? When you are the deciding vote in a horrifying bill that goes against any conservative principles whatsoever, that is more than problematic. Elephants do remember, Mr. Brown.) http://voices.washingtonpost.com/politi ... nd_vo.html

But Lindsey Graham isn't voting South Carolina and hasn't for quite some time. He's voting Pennsylvania.....New York.....California. He has betrayed conservative principles on a whole host of issues so far from Cap and Tax to TARP and too many things in between to count. And Kagan? It is pretty clear to anyone that has paid attention, that Elena Kagan is a political activist with a law license who has a serious agenda to power through any and all things liberal, Constitution be damned.

It would be nice if this reported pow-wow was just a nice lunch between two colleagues from opposite sides of the aisle..... but that isn't the vibe here. Be concerned, patriots. Freedom may just take yet another hit.

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