[Mmogamer]

Of course not, wouldn't want to take weeks to push her through unlike all of bush's nominees.. I really.. its just sickening that they get away with this,,,

[Sarah Barracuda]

RIP GOP. It was great knowing you

[anniegetyourgun]

Dog bites man story.

As I've been asking for weeks on end: What are we going to do after we get government-run healthcare, immigration "reform," EFCA, ENDA, hate crimes, cap-n-trade, etc.?

[pnh102]

Gee. What’s the point of voting GOP again?

[Ben Mugged]

Then what good are they?

[VicVega]

As we all know, this was exactly what we thought it was, a nice little dog and jackazz show.

Waste of time.

[GeronL]

Its not an election year and we conservatives are stupid

[SamuraiScot]

the panel's ranking Republican said the GOP would not block a vote on her nomination.

Um, WHY NOT?

[wilco200]

why are white “republican” politicians such cowards?

If sessions had just stood up and said “I’m going to do everything in my power to try and stop the confirmation of a racist who wants to rewrite the Constitution” he would have been a new STAR in the party.

As it stands, he’s no better than Jim Jeffords

[americanophile]

Sessions was great during the hearings. The GOP can't stop the nomination, so why bother holding it up with maneuvers that everyone knows will be turned into ‘the GOP hates Hispanics’ propaganda, and which the tone-deaf and ineffectual GOP will be unable to effectively counter. It's better to go for a straight patty line vote and make our feelings about allowing this unqualified bigot onto the Supreme Court.

[Albion Wilde]

Someone on another thread explained that she may not be as bad as many others Obama could name. It is likely that one of the other leftie SCOTUS justices will be forced to step down before the 2010 elections; so that it is better to have let her, a relative moderate, pass through with a little Senate spanking than to risk the resentful jackboot of a more leftist re-nomination.

[EdReform]

I’m not surprised. Sessions also voted to confirm Eric Holder.

[Bailee]

Sounds like it time for Alabama to Retire another senator.

[April Lexington]

DO NOT SEND THE GOP ANOTHER PENNY! Why keep funding these wimpy fools. They are worthless and we need to focus on a conservative political alternative.

[freekitty]

Sell out. Another tainted hearing.

[Carling]

Not the nominee worth blocking. A lib (Souter) for a lib (Sotomayor).

[Emile]

Just a tacit admission that they didn't have the votes to stop her nomination. They don't even have the votes to filibuster (not that they'd have the courage to do that under any circumstances anyway).

IMO, the only possible value to dragging this inevitable confirmation out is to provide the people a teachable moment. The Republicans have decided not to do this, either.

I know I'll draw fire for this, but 0 was elected, and under the constitution he has the right to nominate who he wants for the SC, unless they are clearly unfit. Senate advice and consent was meant by the founders to determine fitness, not reject on the basis of ideological differences. That's why Dems were wrong to derail Bork, Estrada, almost derail Thomas, et. al., and it would be equally wrong for Reps, if they could, to derail Sotomayor on the same basis.

This is just replacing a lib with another lib. Doesn't change the makeup of the SC at all. Frankly, at this moment in time, Republicans have a lot more important things to do than obstruct this nomination: namely, continue to educate everyone on what kind of socialist hellhole "paradise" 0 is trying his best to turn us into ASAP. I for one would rather see them stay focused on this big picture.

[ExTexasRedhead]

GOP leadership is looking for their gonads with both hands and a mirror and finding nothing!!! They’re eunuchs; impotent and disgusting.

[Deo volente]

I thought she would probably end up getting 69 votes for confirmation, but after this nonsense from Sessions, I think the number will be closer to 89.

Is there not one conservative and patriot remaining among the Republicans in the Senate?

[muawiyah]

The disadvantage of having someone like Sotomayor on the USSC is she is so terribly stupid and could probably do harm.

At the same time she's a one-woman show for advocates of some serious USSC reform ~

Odds are good Ruthy is going to poison her morning coffee first thing though.