[hobbes1]

When a Well Respected Democratic Senators, publicly declares his party's opposition as unworthy or "Purely Politcal" it is all but over.

Sen. Bill Nelson, Florida Democrat, said yesterday that he will vote for Mr. Estrada. "Based on my conversation with him, and those who know him well, I believe he respects — and will honor — his moral and legal obligation to uphold the law impartially," he said.

And then Zell,

Mr. Miller said his party's opposition to Mr. Estrada is "all political" and can be attributed to pressure from outside interest groups. "The groups run everything around here," the conservative Democrat said Monday.

They Cannot sustain a filibuster once comments like that are being made in public.

[hardhead]

As a rule I say absolutely nothing to indicate any support for any democrap but I'm going to be sort of sorry to see Miller leave. The fact that he is a conservative dem means he is more a thorn in the side of tiny tom than a Republican.