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There won't be great national sympathy for holding up the entire Senate for judicial nominees. That's the bait the Dems want the Republicans to hit on.

I think you are right there .. but they can debate all the issues without giving up the debate on the Judges can't they?

Oh yes, I think they can debate this issue just as they have been. I meant, if they went 24/7, the Dems will use that against them by saying that the Republican senate is interested in only tax cuts for the rich and extremist judges while the economy and health care suffer. On the other hand, come election time, it would be interesting to for the Republicans to be able to say that x number of times the Senate obstructed votes on nominees that would have been confirmed had the entire Senate been allowed to vote.

This is a delicate game that's going on. The Republicans can't muscle their way through, but they can't be out muscled by the minority either. They need to keep it alive and make the Dems pay at some point. The truth is that Bush needs to make good on and associate himself with issues that will get him a second term...then he will have 4 years to work on the courts.