[CFC__VRWC]

I thought this made some sense when cloture looked close, but a loss of this magnitude is a disaster, it just smooths the way for the next appointment. I know Kerry isn't the sharpest knife in the draw, but this was really stupid.

Kerry may very well have just dropped the nuke on his own side. Will anyone take the Dims seriously the next time they scream "filibuster"? Their mighty weapon turns out to be - a straw for shooting spitballs.

[colorado tanker]

Agreed.

The Gang of 14 fiasco seems to have really helped our side. The pubbie 7 said this was not "exceptional circumstances." The dim 7 had the choice of breaking up the group, returning to partisanship and likely incurring the nuclear option or vote for cloture and maintain the fiction of group unity. The public never bought that Alito is an extremist, so breaking the group didn't make any sense.

The moonbat base is going to be apoplectic, though.