I agree, I think Hatch is doing very good.
From MSNBC:
"By Tom Curry
National affairs writer
MSNBC
Updated: 12:58 p.m. ET May 23, 2005WASHINGTON - Cots were brought into the Capitol Monday as Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist scheduled an all-night session stretching into Tuesday to dramatize the debate over President Bush’s judicial nominees and the filibusters that Democrats have used to block votes on 10 of them.
The Senate debated the nomination of appeals court hopeful Priscilla Owen for four days last week and is set to vote on a motion to end the Owen debate on Tuesday.
The vote has larger implications than the fate of one nominee — it will likely determine what could be the most consequential battle of Bush's presidency. At stake: Bush's ability to steer the courts in a more conservative direction.
Bush demands ‘up-or-down vote’
The president on Monday insisted anew that all of his judicial nominees receive a vote by the full Senate as a dozen lawmakers raced to avert a showdown that threatens to paralyze the chamber and Bush’s agenda.
“My job is to pick people who will interpret the Constitution, not use the bench from which to write laws,” Bush said from the White House. “And I expect them to get an up-or-down vote, that’s what I expect. And I think the American people expect that as well — people ought to have a fair hearing and they ought to get an up-or-down vote on the floor.”