[Teacher317]

Estrada telling who his favorite justice or judge through the years is,

Yeah, that's really critical towards his qualifications as a judge.

The Dems are really looking for a name so that they can use ther politics of personal destruction machine against that name, and make Estrada look bad for associating with that name. Seems an awful lot like the McCartyism that the Dems love to cry about so much.

[watsonfellow]

from national review online

GOP PLANS SHOW OF FORCE ON ESTRADA [Byron York] There's word that all Republican senators have been directed to be in their seats on the Senate floor tonight at 9 p.m. EST to discuss the Estrada nomination. It's not clear how long the show-of-force will last -- it could be for just an hour or it could go past midnight -- but it is apparently intended to show GOP resolve and unity on the Estrada issue in the face of the latest Democratic threats to the nomination (see "Dems Vow Armageddon on Estrada," below).

[swheats]

They've been there, done that.

Durbin mentioned that Estrada wasn't able to name one case he could comment on as a ruling by the Supreme Court-favorable or unfavorable. Durbin and Reid came up with one~the Dred Scott Case.

Playing the races against each other. Again.