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A Democratic attempt to filibuster the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr. ended in failure Monday, with almost half of the Senate's Democrats voting against it — an outcome that cleared the way for Alito's confirmation to a seat on the high court today. Massachusetts Sens. John F. Kerry and Edward M. Kennedy launched the filibuster drive last week in what they described as a last-ditch effort to halt the confirmation of Alito, a federal appeals court judge that liberals have charged is a conservative ideologue who will shift the Supreme Court to the right. The Senate...

Sen. John Kerry dashed home from the Swiss Alps yesterday to man the barricades of a futile filibuster against Supreme Court nominee Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr. Well before he reached the battlefield, however, Democrats had waved the white flag and agreed that next week's vote to confirm Judge Alito will surely succeed. "Everyone knows there is not enough votes to support a filibuster," Minority Leader Harry Reid said yesterday, several hours before Mr. Kerry arrived. By midday, Republicans had dubbed Mr. Kerry's international politicking the "Swiss Miss." White House spokesman Scott McClellan called it a "pretty historic" day. "This...

Well, he's done it again. Arizona's gift to the world — and I speak humbly, given the baleful Senatrixes that my own California has inflicted on everyone — has shafted us all again.So, I'm wondering whether there is any consensus as to an officially-adopted descriptive nickname for that great war hero/trick knee, John McCain.I will make some suggestions, please contribute your own... and KEEP IT CLEAN. McMeMeMeMcChamberlinMcJerkMcMediaMcSelloutMcMirrorMcCluelessMcPainMcLovemeMcGilderoylockhart (HP fans only)McVainMcCryforhelp