… opportunities slip away.

Here it’s his inexcusably slow pace of filling judicial vacancies, particularly while holding overwhelming nunbers in the Senate. He’s sitting on tthree judicial vacancies in Arkansas, with a fourth coming.

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If Obama becomes Jimmy Carter, we’ll look back on this unproductive time with great remorse. And pay for years if a Republican president fills the slots.

U.S. attorney appointments here also remain unfilled 10 months after inauguration.

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(Of course, there’s always the argument that the quality of candidates sent forward by senators is part of the problem.)

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