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I don't see a difference between the goals of either- forcing (you can use whatever verb you want and we can agree to disagree) Bush to withdraw the nomination without an up or down vote. The problem is that the same pundits who did it to Miers have been demanding an up or down vote for other nominees and are now going to have to convince people that Alito deserves an up or down vote. It's not my problem, it's theirs. A lot of good conservatives viewed the tactics used as a form of "Borking". Because Alito is now the nominee, I will swallow my bile and support him.

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forcing (you can use whatever verb you want and we can agree to disagree)

One can see right here that you're getting caught up in the Left's moral-equivalency game. The difference between advocating a withdrawal and using a parliamentary maneuver to actually block a confirmation vote is so obvious to most people as to not need any explanation at all.

Personally as far as I'm concerned, the Democrats can advocate that Bush withdraw Alito all they want. If they limit their "forcing" to that, I doubt very many conservatives will have an issue with that.