Boxer: 60 Votes to Approve Federal Judges

Power Line and others have noted Senator Boxer's comments regarding her proposed standard for approving federal judges:

So we're saying we think you ought to get nine votes over the 51 required. That isn't too much to ask for such a super important position. There ought to be a super vote.

Power Line, however, makes one error. It states Senator Boxer "is widely regarded as the least intellectually gifted member of the Senate." With all due respect to Power Line, that title has been held by the pride and joy of Washington state, Sen. Patty Murray, since 1993 (see here, here and here). According to The New Republic, Senator Murray "made Washingtonian's 2000 'Best and Worst' list, as both the Senate's number-one dimmest bulb and its number-three 'weakest spine.'" Senator Boxer will have to work a little harder to earn that title.