They are attempting to make conservatives think that the GOP is their party
Why is splitting the 9th even that important? Just fill it with conservatives. Problem solved. It's going to be a lot easier to defeat that filibuster than one against splitting the 9th.
There are four vacancies on the court right now. Time to fill them.
All that splitting the 9th is going to do is limit the range of cases it's going to hear. You're still going to have the same dopes from the People's Republic of San Francisco bringing their cases before the court if you split the 9th.
It would give President Bush the chance to appoint a bunch of new originalists to a new circuit, but you'd still have the 9th over there creating federal rulings that can only be overturned by the Supreme Court. If you ask me, you're better of trying to get that circuit under control.
Anyone got a reason why splitting would actually be better?