[West Coast Conservative]

Add Feinstein.

[Molly Pitcher]

Has a vote for cloture been scheduled? Right now the Senators are still talking, but the list is getting shorter and shorter...

[Gordongekko909]

Aww, but Kerry wants to filibuster! And I want to give him some more rope! Not that I'm disappointed that Alito's confirmation is nigh, but jeez!

[mainepatsfan]

Kerry probably doesn't call for one otherwise. He's just trying to get on the good side of the Dummies.

[llevrok]

Are all the RINO's accounted for? They tend to stampede left.

[302damnfast]

Well, I sure hope Frist has it together better than a lot of folks on FR today. I swear it's like being at DU with all these people insisting that we should legitimize the practice of judicial fillibusters by not going nuclear...

[EGPWS]

I, at times have wished for a filibuster to be the straw that breaks the "Democratic camels back".

Oh, what a tangled political web they weave.....

[oldleft]

You can bet Lieberman won't support a filibuster.

[FormerACLUmember]

Did you know that Kerry filibustered in a haughty, French style on Christmas in Cambodia?

[Always Right]

The good thing about the Dems filibustering, it will give the GOP some balls to filibuster a Democrats Supreme Court nominee. The Democrats are once again raising the bar in partisan politics. Which may be good, because maybe we can shut down government for good.

[The_Victor]

I realize the filibuster is currently defined as refusing a cloture vote, but can't any Senator filibuster any Senate activity simply by taking to the floor and refusing to stop speaking?

[TomGuy]

If Frist had any, he'd let Kerry filibuster --- but make Kerry do a real filibuster, not one of the new faux filibusters.

Kerry would last a couple of hours, at most, before his speaking bores himself to sleep.

[new yorker 77]

I wrote 'Flibuster' instead of 'Filibuster'?

Either way, Kerry is an idiot.

[riri]

Ohhh, I can hear the ravaged cries of the DUmmies now. They are banking on a secret fillibuster at the 11th hour.

[FlipWilson]

Don't be fooled. The dems know that if they fillibuster, they will lose that tool for lower court nominations. Moreover, fillibustering such a high profile nominee would be the wrong move. Still, The kook ba$e demands a fillibuster. Thus, there would be absolute HELL for the dems to pay if there were enough votes to maintain the buster, but it was not done.

So, certain dems (preferably one's that the kook base will vote for no matter what) are standing up and saying no to fillibustering. Cover is provided, the kooks are less angry (marginally) and the lower court nominees remain screwed.

[techcor]

Kerry is planning a "faux-libuster" to satisfy his moonbat base. They will totally fall for it.

[NapkinUser]

Pryor too.

[Jim Noble]

Are Collins, Snowe, and Chaffee committed to cut off debate?

[SaxxonWoods]

The Dems are not going to filibuster officially, but they are not going to vote until forced. They are starting a "soft filibuster" which is a stall.

[Petronski]

Never say "IMPOSSIBLE."



Liberals don't always keep their word.