By Kay Daly

Whether it's obstruction by filibuster of the president's judicial nominees, or obstruction by flight of redistricting in Texas, these Democrats seem to have regressed to infancy. Temper tantrums, however, are annoying whether deployed as a toddler tactic or as a political scheme, and both mothers and voters have a tendency to take a dim view.

In Washington, D.C., Democrats have become the poster children for hypocrisy on judicial nominations and filibusters. A veritable treasure trove of quotations from Democrats in past years shows clearly that it's politics, not principle, that rules the Democratic party.

For example, on January 5, 1995, Senator Tom Harkin (D., Iowa) said: "I may not agree with everything that Republicans are proposing, but they are in the majority and they ought to have the right to have us vote on the merits of what they propose. But I do not believe that I as a member of the minority ought to have the right to absolutely stop something because I think it is wrong — that is rule by minority."

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