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Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito enjoys sufficient bipartisan support to surmount any Senate filibuster attempt by minority Democrats, members of both parties indicated Friday. A final vote making the New Jersey jurist the nation's 110th Supreme Court justice is scheduled for Tuesday, hours before President Bush gives his State of the Union address to Congress and the nation. Democrats and Republicans both said that the 55-year-old conservative jurist will get more than the 60 votes needed to cut off debate on the Senate floor Monday. "Next Tuesday, a bipartisan majority will vote to confirm Judge Alito as Justice Alito," said...

The top reactions to John Kerry's filibuster threat on Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito, issued from the convention at Davos, Switzerland, on the day six Democrats indicated they would not support a filibuster: 1. Moe Lane, RedState: "I did not believe in the actual existence of Orbital Mind Control Lasers before this moment." 2. Nick Danger, RedState: "Here's the big debate over a Supreme Court Justice, and he's over in Switzerland skiing and hanging out with Ernst Stavro Blofeld." 3. Steve Z, RedState: "I guess I'm not familiar enough with arcane Senate rules, but doesn't a Senator have to physically...