[Jess Kitting]

Two-thirds of the 100 senators — Republican and Democrats alike — had already announced their support of the conservative federal appeals court judge as the successor to the late William H. Rehnquist before the Senate even started its final debate Monday afternoon.

I will believe it when I see the final vote.

By the way, has Monday afternoon already passed on the East Coast? This writer tries to make it sound like confirmation is a foregone conclusion. I wish I could be so optimistic, but the fight isn't over until the 51st Senator has voted to confirm. The Dems might still try to derail this in the final hours.

[theFIRMbss]

>I will believe it when I see the final vote

This kind of story
makes me nervous, makes me think
the Left and the press

are setting us up
to de-rail the guy and this
makes for more "drama" . . .