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Friday, November 14, 2003 

Facts and figures

Sure, the filibuster is a bit of an outre tactic. But look at the end of the story: The Democrats are only opposing 4 candidates, and have during his tenure approved 168 other officials. The Republicans, meanwhile, blocked 63 of Clinton's judicial nominations.

I wonder how much US press those numbers are going to get?



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