There has been a bit of apology over at the Bushbasher Thread of Penance:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1446460/posts
There are some holdouts over there as well, though. But somehow it seems even testier over here. Some people just don't want to be happy, I guess.
The President has put the 'Rats in a tough spot. They have to know that they can't stop this nomination via a filibuster, but they have to try or their wingnuts will fry them. That's what happens when a political party sells out to the wingnuts (like Howard Dean and Box-O-Rox).