[Dog]

Whats your opinion...do the DEMS have the votes to derail Alito...

[Cboldt]

Whats your opinion...do the DEMS have the votes to derail Alito.

It's all done [Alito will be confirmed] but the voting. This is merely drama. The margins for cloture and for confirmation are fairly wide. Plus, a number of factors militate against bizarre shenanigans actually working.

• This is a SCOTUS nomination, making the nuke option VERY comfortable for fence sitting weak-sister GOP
• Alito is a decent nominee, with no overt hint of bias, and glowing praise even from lefties who know him
• The polls say the public is in favor of confirmation