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Dems like to say they have confirmed 130 or so of Bush's judges. There are a few problems with this.

1. This is just a guess, but I bet these are more "moderate" Kennedy/O'Connor judges.

2. Or, they're older judges who the left doesn't view as a threat.

3. Or, I and think this is common: the Dems filibuster Appeals level judges and approve District Judges, ie trying to stop Bush from getting the more important posts.

There are good internet sites where you can see that many of Bush's judges just haven't got hearings, so while Dems have voted for most of them, it's only on ones that haven't been stalled, blocked, "blue slipped" etc.

That being said, I'm glad to see some of Bush's judges get through while Estrada and Pryor draw the heat.

Another problem is that they are confirming district judges, not appeals judges. Therefore, the crisis is getting even worse as activity at the district level is on the increase but there are still fewer appellate judges.