Well, isn’t this just precious. Biden body-slams Alito’s opponents two months before the hearings:
WASHINGTON (AP) – A Democratic member of the Senate Judiciary Committee said Sunday he believes Samuel Alito will get an up-or-down vote on his Supreme Court bid.
“We should commit,” said Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del., minimizing prospects of a Senate filibuster that would prevent final action on President Bush’s choice to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.
“I think the probability is that will happen,” Biden said on ABC’s “This Week.” … (<a href="WASHINGTON (AP) – A Democratic member of the Senate Judiciary Committee said Sunday he believes Samuel Alito will get an up-or-down vote on his Supreme Court bid.“We should commit,'' said Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del., minimizing prospects of a Senate filibuster that would prevent final action on President Bush's choice to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.
“I think the probability is that will happen,'' Biden said on ABC's “This Week. … From "Biden: Alito Filibuster Seems Unlikely," The Guardian (and about 25 other sources — it’s a hot story)
Why don’t we just measure him for his robes now, and save a few million on a doomed ad campaign? And I guess that means we bloggers can stop digging, and find other stories to keep ourselves busy. Eh?
For the stubborn la resistance, don’t miss BooMan’s “Scalito is Pro-Business, Anti-Little Guy,” and sing this little song:
You fight in all our names for what we know is right
And when you all get shot
And cannot carry on
Though you die, La Resistance lives on …
“La Resistance,” South Park movie
P.S.:
Today, many of the same people who helped defeat Judge Bork are again predicting Armageddon if Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr. takes the Supreme Court seat now held by Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the swing vote in many pivotal cases over the past two decades. … NYT
