I’m supposed to be working, not blogging. Damnit. But I had to say this.
I just saw it being reported that Alito wins confirmation 58-42. I found a list of anticipated votes on C-Span. I count 40 Democratic votes against, with Jeffords the Independent being 41, and Chaffee being 42. That means, assuming Jeffords would have been on board for the effort to stop the Court from lurching right, the Democrats voting against Alito had it in their own damn hands to stop this travesty. Or to at least force the god damned Republicans to “go nuclear” to push this extremist person onto the court.
That is a total capitualtion. A spit in the face. A salt rubbed into the wound. I’ll write more later. I sincerely think we at this site may be on to something.