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I think many Republican Senators view Kagan as just one Kook lib replacing another Kook Lib (Stevens) so they don't care about expending a lot of political capital defeating her. Since the end result would be Obama just appointing a different Kook Lib in her place. I hope, god forbid, if one of the conservative justices was to pass away or be forced to retire due to illness that they would hold the line, even to the point of leaving the seat unfilled by not advancing any of the Presidents nominees, until we have a different administration.

[dr_who]

Makes sense. I can only hope that Republicans are building a case in the long term for another conservative Republican presidency soon in order to protect both popular sovereignity and the constitution.

[frog in a pot]

“…they don’t care about expending a lot of political capital defeating her.”

That may be true.
The sad thing is they fail to recognize they can earn political capital by standing up to the socialist threat even when they are outvoted.
Republican politicians are applauded whenever they show they are willing to fight. One only has to look at the Contract with America.
Most of us appreciated the Joe Wilson event – at least until the Repub leadership directed him to apologize to O.