"The Republicans in the Senate haven't convinced me of anything beyond being gutless, and never having lifted a finger for this President when he needed the heavy lifting done in Congress."
Exactly. So Wednesday they'll be back to doing the "people's business", right? In other words, Olympia Snowe will be back in her committee chair blocking any sort of Social Security reform with personal accounts (given a one-vote GOP majority on the committee.)
After we get the up-down vote on these first candidates, and then they threaten filibuster again, can we not go nuclear for the same reason we were going to this time, but with these judges confirmed?
What is the big deal?