I'm certain they'll be chiming that refrain before too long. I am certain the RINO's had a firm look of what awaits them, and it isn't pretty if they don't support a good nomination. Further, the red state Dems have to be shaking this morning. Their nerves must be frayed at the idea of what might be coming.
EXACTLY!!!
Red State Democrats are the key in this fight, if there is to be one.
The Democrats don't want a fight over the Supreme Court. The reason for all this bloviating and bullying and filibustering of lower court nominees was to bully Bush into NOT sending up a clear, determined, constitutionalist nominee. Few people pay attention to lower court nominations, though even on those obscure nominations their filibustering got them into some trouble, as Daschle learned on election night.
A fight over a constitutionalist Supreme Court nominee would result in the public siding with the nominee. The Democrats know this. Can anyone seriously imagine the public siding with the likes of Kennedy, Schumer, Durbin, and Biden if they viciously smeared Janice Rogers Brown? Heaven couldn't deliver more ignorant and unattractive foes for us than the Democrats on the judiciary committee.
If the Democrats filibuster, they'll soon be flooded with phone calls and e-mails running five-to-one against them. That might not matter to Teddy or Chucky, but to a Democrat Senator from Florida, Louisiana, the Dakotas, Nebraska, or Arkansas, it's a different matter entirely.
The 'Rats don't want this fight. We should. Of course, our victory would be contingent upon our side actually fighting back. We did so with Thomas. We didn't with Bork.