feel their pain ...
Obama of ILL has stated that there aren't enough votes. He sees the writing on the wall and is smart enough NOT to go over the cliff with the far-left-wing lemmings.
Boo hoo. And just imagine Bush having one more chance at the Supreme Court. A joyous thought.
We support extended debate on the nomination of Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court of the United States because it is the right thing to do.
Total BS, pretending that your filibuster attempt is merely for "extended debate". Thats not your goal, you goal is to derail Alito, no matter what he says.
But if they do filibuster, wasn't the deal made once that if they try to filibuster, Frist will invoke the nuclear option and they can never do it again? I read somewhere that the Dems were worried about this and if it was worth a filibuster knowing this would be the last time they could use it.
/found a sane voice in the Moonbat Fever Swamp [DU]. We need to co-opt this one before he figures something else out ;)
"That's a point I made a few days ago Indylurker. If you were Bush why fear a filibuster? Right now he's facing an electoral defeat and maybe an electoral realignment in November. He knows this.
Why not have a giant fight over this to reshuffle the deck completely? Why not let the Democratic senators filibuster? In the meantime spend millions on a public relations campaign to turn the public against the Dems. Have important bills stacked up which can't be passed until the "Liberals finish their temper tantrum." Let Jay Leno tell Ted Kennedy jokes night after night for weeks.
Meanwhile keep the focus groups and polling going and if public opinion turns toward the Demcratic side, then you can end it by going "nukular". But in the meantime, let the Democratic senators roast in public opinion for a month or three with the government "shut down."
One thing we saw with Newt Gingrich was that a confrontation like this is easily started, but not easily ended without looking like total capitulation. Just think about Bush so far. Is he going to compromise and pull Alito's name? That doesn't sound like Bush to me. He'll let the filibuster continue and hope it ruins the Dems in the next election. If Bush is anything, he is disciplined."