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Answer: the nominee is rejected.
Either way, it's a win. If we get the votes in the Senate, we get a good Associate Justice on the court; if we don't get the votes, the base is fired up for '06.
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No, that's a LOSS. An enormous LOSS. Who celebrates and gets fired up because "your own party betrayed you" -- meaning the RINOs? How would having the party fracture fire up anyone?
You want to know who that fires up? I'll tell you.
What happens is the DNC throws a victory celebration and raises more money from its victorious base that just destroyed a Bush nominee than they have EVER raised before. And that wins control of Congress in 2006.
This rejection of incremental victory on the part of FR is just bizarre.