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" One idea floated that has merit would be to have a Republican senator raise a point of order during the debate on Estrada, challenging the use of the filibuster against judges on Constitutional grounds. With Cheney sitting as president of the Senate, he could then rule that a filibuster on judicial nominees was out of order, and proceed to an up or down vote.

Wish they would just do it....Guess timing is everything...It seems like the longer they wait the "behinder" they get....IMHO.

I get the distinct impression the LEADERSHIP is skiddish on some important issues...Maybe it's just me...

Meanwhile, those seats go unfilled, right? Maybe it's time to try to simplify this problem and make an advertisement to inform the public. ( Is that not allowed? Have they blocked free speech yet? I can't remember.) How about a showing a bunch of empty seats and then the smiling faces of Levin and Stabenow? "The courts are clogged. They like it this way."

Don't forget what they do when it comes to U.S. Attorneys. If memory serves, the Fat-Hipped Rapist fired every U.S. Attorney in the country at one time. I might be mistaken about that, but I know one thing: there was this city with a corrupt mayor, see. That mayor was one small part of the machine which backed Clinton. So of course he delivered the votes to the Clintster. Before and during Clinton's first presidential election, this mayor was being investigated by the U.S. Attorney. Some convictions of his cronies had been won. Just in time, the Clintster got elected, and proceeded to get rid of the U.S. Attorney. The investigation was dead. Saved the mayor's corrupt butt in the nick of time.