And as I said before, if you are the Democratic Senate leadership why would you move on one of Bush's lifetime judicial appointments if you expect Obama to win in November? Wouldn't you rather leave the seat open so that he can fill the spot rather than Bush? And if Obama wins and through some miracle the GOP controls the Senate in 2012, would you expect the Republican head of the judiciary committee to act any differently?
Yes. I would expect the GOP to act the weenies they are and let about 20 judges slip through in the hopes that the Dems would do the same for us when the situation is reversed because that is how the GOP has acted in the past.