No one is suggesting the Senate should filibuster her. The suggestion is that the President should withdraw the nominee, or that she should be voted down.
They suggest that "she should be voted down" before a hearing?
My suggestion is that she should get a hearing first .
Supposedly principled people who insisted on "up or down votes" for nominees, merely 6 months ago, have reversed course.
Perhaps these renegers are too near-sighted. They only defend nominees who are in danger of filibuster....when they can pick a good "consitutional" fight. Harriet doesn't fit their scenario.
I think that is the main problem. Folks were primed for a good fight against the libs. When that evaporated they turned their energy against Bush.
What do leaderless soldiers do, historically, when they are all dressed up for battle and the battle doesn't take place? They pillage.