His withdrawal should embarrass Republicans who have been outwitted on judgeships by Ted Kennedy and Hillary Rodham Clinton, who are orchestrating the first filibusters of appellate-court nominations in American history. Democrats have paid no political price for raising the "advice and consent" standard for Senate confirmation to 60 votes from a simple majority. BULL .. what this showed is how desparate the Dems are to block fair and balance judges. This showed that the Dems are only interested in filling the courts with their activist judges and it was a real eye opener to many.
Our next goal .. To get a majority of 60 in the Senate
VOTE THE DEMS OUT OF OFFICE!!!
The optimistic scenario on that would be 2006. That's a long damn wait.