[Pimpmygop]

I think someone set up Kerry :) Hmm...... Clinton comes to mind..

[Personal Responsibility]

In other news, sky still blue...water still wet.

[1Old Pro]

I think someone set up Kerry :) Hmm...... Clinton comes to mind..

No, clintoon is siding wit the windsurfer. They are simply playing to their base. To the other 90% of Americans they simply look foolish.

[mewzilla]

Note to Harry: DUH.

[pabianice]

Al JaReuters said this?

[pikachu]

I'd love to see John 'DYKIWTV&C' Kerry do his immatation of Jimmy Stewart in "Mr. Smith goes to Washington". Imaging having to have all the networks cover live four or five days of Kerry rambling away. Tim Russert and Greorge Sunffuluffogous would melt trying to cover the situation.

[OldFriend]

Wonder if they will try to make sure the vote doesn't come until after the SOTU.....just for spite.

They are so pathetic.

[Deo volente]

Apparently, John Kerry still doesn't get the message. He's just postponed his visit to Northern Ireland, and is rushing back to Washington to lead the (non-existent) filibuster.

http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=170761632&p=y7x76z338

[shempy]

I don't think it is Kerry that has been set-up here. Kerry will benefit from his call to filibuster Alito even though the attempt will fail. This is his attempt to capture the hardcore freaks in the democrat party that loom so large in capturing the democrat nomination.

This really just shows the selfishness of Kerry. The democrat party will suffer as a result of this ill-fated attempt. But Kerry is willing to hurt his party if it improves his chances of capturing the '08 nomination. Hillary Clinton is the one that is in bad shape as a result of this attempt. She now has no choice but to support the filibuster or she loses the wackos she needs for the nomination. But supporting an Alito filibuster puts a serious hitch in her triangulation tactics of trying to sound "moderate".

[El Gato]

If he's "admitting" it this early, it's entirely possible that he thinks they've still got a chance to filibuster. It's certainly close. Since First called Dingy Harry's bluff, we shall see come Monday afternoon.

[cotton1706]

Justice Alito. It just rolls off the tongue. It's a great day.

[Graymatter]

If anybody set him up for this it's his wacky wife. She probably tells him she'll toss him over for Al Gore if he doesn't put her in the White House pretty soon.
Seriously, part of Kerry's motivation must be to slow the momentum Gore got on MLK Day after that speech. Dems were served the red meat that day and they started reconsidering Gore's political viability.
Plus Terazza---Taser'er---whatever, really does want to buy herself a big white house from which to rule the world. And she calls the shots. (*hic*)