The most important vacancy is one the Gang of 14 has no control over--the next vacancy on the Supreme Court.
The tactics that must be used are to twist the arms out of the sockets of the "Blue Dog" Democrats. I know they're lying about being conservative, the rest of the people here know they're lying - but they should be forced to live up to the "conservative" title they've stolen.
Regards, Ivan
GWB should just name recess appointments to the courts for the rest of his term and forget the Senate. And the real court battle can be postponed until 2009, when the terrain may be a little more favorable, but I doubt it would be any better. People don't change that much in two years.