Oh my gosh, they are actually showing some sense. They must have gotten some polling data that told them most of the country is fed up with their nonsense - in addition to the one taken last November 2nd!
Apply well seasoned tag line and enjoy......................>
Probably has to do with this:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1333733/posts
I would also imagine that we are going to get our cake and eat it too on this nominee.
The democrats are going to spend ten hours tomorrow hammering the snot out of Gonzales, the second high profile, but qualified, minority appointee.
As a campaign issue, there is nothing better than to play all of this back to both constituencies - showing the D's to be racists when the chips are down, and historic gains are to be really within grasp.
Gonzales will still be confirmed, with many D's going on record as having voted against both Rice and Gonzales.
Plus, no filibuster.
If GWB can find some very conservative jurists of color to fill the SCOTUS spots, then the D's can kiss both the Supreme Court and the midterm elections goodbye.
Not really. They just feel they would like to shoot their wad at a judicial nominee, and they don't want the filibuster to become overused. They are waiting for better prey.