[jwalsh07]

I don't like the filibuster, but then, I was on the "liberal" side on some matters that were filibustered by "conservatives," including the civil rights laws.

A perfect example of tyranny by a minority and an example of why fillibusters are not the wonderful things they're cracked up to be.

The political question of who the nation wants to occupy the Presidency is settled at the polls. The President, barring cause, should be given great deference in appointing his cabinet and judges.

The answer to a President appointing those not compatible with American values is to defeat him by a majority of senators or defeat him and his party at the polls.

Chuck and the boys have made it quite clear that people who believe as I do are not welcome in the judiciary. Screw him and the fillibuster.

[Torie]

I wonder if the GOP can get 50 votes for this. If Snowe, Collins, Chaffee and McCain exit (you know McCain is going to love the spotlight on this one), with Miller going the other way, we are one vote short. I don't think Spector will bail at least pending the primary. That boy is sort of boxed in (and he is on record as favoring a litmus test to bounce SCOTUS nominees that don't sign onto Roe ex ante). I feel his pain.