...a Filibuster!

What? Oh yes, if Harry Reid's moonbat-appeasing stunt earlier this week is any indication of how desperate Democrats are, they may indeed try and filibuster Samuel Alito. So why is this a good thing?

Because two members of the "gang of 14", OH Senator Mike DeWine and SC Senator Lindsey Graham have already gone on record that if Alito is filibustered they will vote in favor of changing the Senate rules to eliminate the filibuster in the case of judicial nominations. These two defections ensure that any filibuster of this nominee will result in 50 votes (plus Cheney's tie-breaker) for the Constitutional Option, which would drive a stake into the heart of Democrat obstruction. They'll be stripped of the one weapon they still have.

The only other factor is if Frist has the cojones to call for the motion. Based on his comments after Reid screwed him over with the lockdown, you can bet the good doctor will is itching for some payback. It's gotten personal.

I figure we won't have hearings until after Thanksgiving. Alito will be approved in committee quickly and passed on to the full Senate before the holiday break (Republicans control the body so the Senate won't adjourn until this is resolved). If Reid and company are pressured enough by the KosKids to go for the filibuster...game, set, match!

And to Dems, I would quote Willy Wonka: "You get NOTHING. You LOSE. Good DAY, sir!"

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Hill: "Oh God, I can only imagine where those lips have been lately."

Bill: "Oh God, she needs a shave more than I do."

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Did a little housecleaning of the Official Ex-Donkey Blogroll. Some got whacked to make room for these new additions:

- Dan of A Slower Pace returns after a couple months off.
- Why Amy Ridenour wasn't already on, I'll never figure out.
- Bohemian Conservative - poor thing is surrounded by smelly Frenchmen.
- Geology, Politics and Beer make a great combination at GeoSciBlog
- The Red Ink, a Conservative Vikings fan
- Jiblog, a Conservative Packers fan (Yikes these two should get along, huh?)
- Founder of the "Pro-Victory" Blogroll, North American Patriot
- Wild Thing over at Theodore's World (Hubba, Hubba)
- Sister Toldjah, another blog I can't believe isn't already there
- Gossip and commentary about the judiciary at Underneath Their Robes

That's it for now, hope I didn't miss anyone.

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1 Check out Maggie's Farm, a worthy addition.

Posted by: Santay at November 03, 2005 07:22 AM (JoJvT)

2 Never mind, I see you already have it. Doh!

Posted by: Santay at November 03, 2005 11:34 AM (JoJvT)

3

Posted by: Bohemian at November 03, 2005 01:32 PM (z7WO1)

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Wow, has it really been a year already? I'm not going to analyze to death November 2, 2004 but I will make some personal observations about that election.

Prior to 2000, your typical Presidential election was decided by no later than 11pm EST on election day. In fact, if you looked at the right polls you could pretty much put money down on who was going to win. Guessing the popular vote margin and the number of Electoral Votes was the real challenge.

But in 2000, all that went out the window.

(More below the fold...) more...

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John McIntyre writes in the RealClearPolitics Blog about last night's Senate hijacking:

While it may be a positive short-term maneuver, I question the wisdom of this move over the longer term. The Alito nomination has laid the groundwork for a real nasty couple of months in the U.S. Senate and this stunt by the Democrats is only going to serve to unify the entire GOP caucus, at exactly the time when the Democrats only hope to beat the Alito nomination is their ability to fracture GOP loyalty and pull 6 Senators over to their side (either to vote outright against Alito or a refusal to vote for the nuclear option). Today's invocation of Rule 21 is not going to help Senate Democrats in this cause, and in fact, it makes whatever small chance the Dems had of defeating Alito, even smaller.

As they embrace the mantras of the Lefty grassroots groups, they make themselves look silly by association. McIntyre explains:

One can honorably debate the wisdom of whether or not it made sense to go to war against Saddam Hussein's Iraq. One can also debate whether the war has been prosecuted intelligently of competently. Serious people, however, can not debate whether or not the majority of the intelligence agencies of the world believed Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction.

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Reid has closed down the Senate, invoking an obscure rule to close the chamber to the public to have a super-secret debate on the lead-up to Iraq.

If Ken Mehlman and the GOP are smart (and there is no guaranty, from what I've seen lately) they will slam the airwaves with all the quotes from Clinton administration officials, John Kerry and other leaders of the Democrat party warning about WMDs and Saddam Hussein - something they should have done four years ago.

In the meantime, let Reid and company continue this stunt. It's obvious that they've fully succumb to the MoonBat.org/Soros/Moore wing of the party. It's almost embarrassing to watch...almost.

Round-ups and opinion from Lorie Byrd, Captain Ed, Ace, Powerline and BullDogPundit.

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1 Just as I'll occationally tune into various car races on tv (when there's nothing else on) just to see the wrecks, I pay attention to politics with a similar hope, to catch a wreck in action. The democrats are in a huge bus hurtling down a drag strip with a cement wall at the end... *kaboom*

Posted by: Peakah at November 01, 2005 10:33 PM (LxGm9)

2 I took a peek over at DU, and they have a DU letter to Harry Reid, full of praise. It's quite amusing.

Posted by: Wordsmith at November 02, 2005 09:11 AM (nrGCx)

3 Well, Mehlman won't do that, because he has consistently shown a lot of class and taken the high road -- compare him to Dean. And the White House won't do it because they're so weak on PR and basic communication. But there are plenty of interest groups out there, and it will fall to them -- especially since Republicans are pushing Bush to get rid of Rove. My opinion, anyway.

Posted by: rightwingprof at November 02, 2005 10:38 AM (/IE5Q)

4 It is hilarious when the Dems get upset. They bring out all those living under rocks like Harry Reid, Schumer etc. hahahaha

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I'm sorry, I couldn't resist. When I read this quote:

Republicans said that any attempt to deny Alito a yes-or-no vote would return the Senate to the brink of a showdown that was avoided last spring only when seven lawmakers from each party brokered a compromise. This time, they said they would crush Democratic opposition.

"Look at me you Democrats! I am crushing you! Ha, ha!!

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It's out today!! Yes, I had to get it immediately. Especially since Wal-Mart has this bonus DVD packed with it.

Yes!!!

UPDATE: 11/2/05 6:30am
No!! Anyone undecided about whether or not they should plop down the $5 for this "bonus" DVD should forget it. Not only is it just a plain old summary of the Star Wars story, but it doesn't even include stuff from "Revenge of the Sith". It's obvious that this was made a couple of year ago. Lame. :-(

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Michelle Malkin's new book, Unhinged!, comes out today. She put up a post promoting it and it looks like a good one. As a teaser, she also posted a collection of mugshots from whacked-out Lefties who've been arrested for attacking Republicans and Bush/Cheney supporters.

Go check 'em out here. Pretty damn funny! You may have heard of some of them already. These people are clearly mentally ill. Interesting how you never read about Republicans or Conservatives doing goofy stuff like this. It's always Libs, suffering from BDS*.

*Bush-Derangement Syndrome.

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MoveOn.org is emailing its petition to oppose Sam Alito:

Bush's ploy to woo the far-right could reshape the High Court for decades to come—but we don't have to let that happen. The president's rock-bottom approval ratings and the scandals engulfing virtually every Republican leader have broken the spell of the right-wing spin machine. If we all speak up, together we have the power to stop this radical nominee.

The email pulls quotes from the likes of "Tailspin" Teddy Kennedy and John Francois Kerry warning of the darkness spewing from Mordor the White House. Of course, neither of these two Senators had any problem voting for Alito in 1990 for his current seat on the Federal Appeals Court.

Here come the fireworks!

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