[PhiKapMom]

Did you all hear Rush this afternoon. He was on the radio when I was coming back from Tinker talking about the article he relied on last Friday as being less than accurate on the Estrada nomination.

Finally he got it that a cloture vote does not kill the nominations and the more you put the RATs on record of oppossing Estrada the better it is. Right now they don't want to force a cloture vote but they will sooner or later and keep doing it until the RATs cave.

In fact, Rush said the Republicans are sure they have 55 votes and could have more!

Wouldn't you know, I get back and Leahy is on! UGH!

[Howlin]

What struck me about Rush today is that it evidently took him until now to realize that a cloture vote didn't mean the end of the Estrada nomination.

[woofie]

I caught Rush's explanation ...makes a lot of sense.People need a bit of faith in Republicans, they are working dillegently.

[justshe]

Yes. Rush got it straight on cloture....and he also got it straight on..." talking about the article he relied on last Friday as being less than accurate on the Estrada nomination."

We all know that was the Fox article. 'Bout time, no?

Less than accurate = Wrong?

[Mo1]

Thanks for the report .. I haven't seen nor heard anything since my neighbor's pipe burst ..

Did I miss anything big?

[LisaFab]

Finally he got it that a cloture vote does not kill the nominations and the more you put the RATs on record of oppossing Estrada the better it is. Right now they don't want to force a cloture vote but they will sooner or later and keep doing it until the RATs cave.

I was trying to explain this very point to a few nervous conservative friends of mine. Although I love Rush and FoxNews, this misinformation reminds me of the first few minutes after the SCOTUS released the results of Bush v Gore decision. Almost everyone was confused.

As I told my friends, the only reason to fear a cloture vote would be that it would give an air of legitimacy to the 60+ vote standard to confirm. Other than that, this is a win-win situation for us and few Libs seem to understand this. Even if Estrada is not confirmed (and I doubt that will happen when the 'strategery' sinks in on them), we will have those that voted against him on record - including some up for near re-election from the southern and/or 'red' states.