january 12, 2006

Tears of Joy

Don’t worry Mrs. Alito. Your sad tears the other day in the Senate Judiciary Committee will soon be tears of joy when your hubby Sammy ( is that what you call him?) is confirmed as the next Supreme Court Justice. Alito was never rattled by Schumer,Biden,Kennedy et al. I just don’t see how Democrats could sustain a filibuster here. There only chance was if Alito came across as bumbling or incompetent. He didn’t. As a matter of fact, he looked a lot like John Roberts out there.

Here’s how I see it playing out. The committee vote is scheduled for next Tuesday. I expect Democrats will delay that vote one week. They can do that under arcane Senate rules. So then the vote would be January 24. I predict it will be a party line vote 10-8 in favor of Alito. No shock there. Then Democrats will have to decide if they will filibuster. This is where the gang of 14 comes in. Senators like Ben Nelson and a couple other moderates who reside in red state America will not go along with a filibuster. That should give Bill Frist enough votes to break one if Reid and the Democrats try and do that. That brings it to a full Senate vote. I predict a close vote, somewhere around 61-39. But Alito should get confirmed.

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