They know if they say anything in public that they will never be reelected, so they are waiting for the anger over this to subside. Because after all the anger is done, unless the decision is overturned, it still stands, and they get what they want anyway.
Precisely! Which is why we need to keep hammering this home--watch what they DO, not what they SAY.
W's been given a 20-pound railroad sledgehammer with this issue. If he doesn't take it upside Leahy's head and use it to ram those judicial nominations through, then he's showing less political savvy (or cojones on domestic issues, take your pick) than his old man.
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