DEMOCRATS UNLIKELY TO FILIBUSTER ALITO, developing

[hang a left]

www.rawstory.com

[FreedomAngel82]

1. Why?!

They're going to let him slide through?!

[hang a left]

5. Don't know

Just went over to raw to find breaking news and saw the headline. Let us hope that it is not true.

[cascadiance]

23. Because if they do, their corporate financing dries up...

That's why! Pure and simple! Corporations know that this is the battle to get them the control they need to get payoff on these bucks they've been paying to institute fully functional corporate feudalism in this country.

[Burning Water]

2. Told ya.

The leadership lacks guts.

[stepnw1f]

3. infucking credible

what a sad, sad turn of events this is... what a fucking waste of time

[Edgewater_Joe]

4. But Lieberman & AAR Said It IS On The Table

Sounds to me like an NFL-style keep-the-other-team-guessing strategy.

Maybe.

Hopefully.

It BETTER be ...

[hang a left]

6. It better be.

[mmonk]

7. Let's throw a party

in recognition of the rights many Americans are losing. Let's invite the public and republican politicians. We can have democratic senators join in and speak how wonderful it is that they have no guts or convictions.

[Dr Fate]

27. More like a wake. n/t

n/t

[KarenS]

8. geez,,,,,

I do not understand why not.

What fight are they saving their dog for????

:wtf:

[RedStateHell]

10. I was optimistic unti l yesterday

Looks like it is over, folks. Somebody (s) made some compromises and a few deals, is my guess.

[cascadiance]

25. Any "deal" should be made with US. We should hear about it!

If we're being asked to sacrifice our lifetimes of living under a right wing court system, we DAMN WELL better have gotten a good deal out of it. Personally, I can't think of anything that can be given to justify not fighting this nomination. If they don't see fit to explain it to their REAL constituents (the people), then I think it's time for the real constituents to find a new party to represent them!

[eek]

37. New Party: McCain/Feingold 2008

kinda crazy but it just might work.

[cascadiance]

40. Would certainly have name recognition...

... for those looking at a party bent on campaign finance reform!

[oldtime dfl_er]

11. What dog?

Honestly, I am dumbfounded and depressed.

http://www.cafepress.com/scarebaby/1097640

[RedStateHell]

15. there is no dog

there is no fight. It's all a show. And then they go slap each other on the back and drink manhattans together and talk about their new boats and housekeepers.

I am just disheartened.

[Yupster]

41. Gotta keep the powder dry

for the big fight.......

[LynneSin]

9. Someone ought to check with Joe Lieberman - he says it's on

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/1/12/11220/4435

Representatives from DFA groups around the state went to Hartford with Jim Dean yesterday to meet with Senator Lieberman. We went in prepared to talk about a number of topics: the war (and the Senator's attitude toward it), the Alito nomination, the Patriot Act, and Senator Lieberman's uncomfortable closeness with the current administration.

. . . Vicki Usher and Carol (from Marilyn Mackay's group - sorry I don't remember your last name, Carol!) brought up the Alito nomination, and we all were pleasantly surprised with Senator Lieberman said that a filibuster was on the table for him - hopefully he'll stick to his guns!

[neverevergivein]

18. If..and only if...

Lieberman leads the filibuster...I'll reconsider how much I hate him.

[LynneSin]

19. I'm not asking you to like the guy

Hell, this isn't a popularity contest. If anything this is just another example of why Lieberman isn't leaving the republican party. He's one of our best allies when it comes to women's choice, environment and many other social issues.

So unless you actually live in Connecticut (and you very well may), then it's all a moot point. And if you do live in Connecticut consider this - a vote for Lieberman (in the general election IF he gets the nomination) means a vote for Harry Reid as your majority leader

BTW, welcome to DU :hi:

[blm]

12. No way - I was betting on Feingold to filibuster Alito.

.

[LynneSin]

14. Yeah sure, if anyone will vote the asshole in it'll be Alito

Everyone in committee voted against Roberts except Feingold. This is why I think Russ Feingold is an asshole and lying snake in the grass that cannot be trusted! He did the same thing with Asscrap too!

[blm]

21. That's why I thought he'd filibuster Alito to amend for his Roberts vote.

.

[stevietheman]

13. If there's no filibuster, I'm sitting out the next election. Fuck 'em. nt

n/t

[rucky]

16. not like your vote would count

or your rep would be worthy.

[mmonk]

17. Me too

what in the hell is the use?

[John Q. Citizen]

20. I say chill, and watch, and call your Dem Senator.

This article doesn't amount to anything.

All the souces are unidentified and their comments are presented as private personal opinions.

This reminds me of when some got so upset and outraged that H. Reid said MS Miers was a "nice lady."

Some flipped out, but Ried played the bush crime family like a fiddle on that one.

The same folks are freaking out now.

I don't see that the Dems have an option on this nomination. They have to filibuster or lose the base.

[0007]

24. I share you're take on this issue completely.

Filibuster is the answer and would be extremely sweet.

[foreverdem]

22. We're on our own

If the Dems don't filibuster, they are sending us a message that we are truly on our own. What is the purpose of these hearings, and grilling the guy if he will be approved? What are they saving it for?

America - land of the freepers.

[eek]

38. Senators : protecting their jobs instead of doing their jobs

I am with you, foreverdem.
I posted my letter to Feingold elsewhere but thought I'd throw it on this thread too.
-----------------------------------


Dear Senator Feingold,

Please continue to push against the confirmation of Judge Alito.
He is shady, evasive and holds the key to quite a Pandora's box full of tricks to further erode our democracy.

This man can provide opinions on most issues with pending legislation but not on RvsW ?
Worse still: the Senate is apparently willing to take a stone wall as an answer.

Most of the Senate is clearly out to protect their jobs rather than do their jobs.

Please filibuster, if that is the best way to keep this man out of the Supreme Court.

I wish the rest of the Democrats would show the spine that you do.

Thank you, etc

[Dr Fate]

26. It's all part of the strategy. Give them more rope to hang themsleves with

Right? Or is this the rope-a-dope?

Oh, I know- it's keeping the powder dry for "the next time."

[PATRICK]

28. Roe v. Wade, Roe V. Wade

Any study of recent court decisions on a host of issues involving civil rights, worker's rights, whatever,reveal a starkly predictable divided court that if tilted by one vote could do so much hurt no American would know where it was coming from. Thanks to the inability of the democrats to emerge from behind the single most clearcut and emotional issue and of course, the total disservice of the national "news" services, no one, including yours truly, can rattle off even a short list of what must follow the installment of any judge to the right of O'Connor. In some cases of course the swing votes shifted this way and that, but the likelihood of some swing conservative suddenly developing the guts to temper the massacre might swiftly devolve into something like the German courts of the thirties. All the more swiftly should "emergency" or "war" circumstances and no fear of consequences other than punishment by the RW descend form Roberts down. Rehnquist was a GOP hack, Scalia a federalist maniac. The two new judges are more W's men and nothing is more likely to profit than Caligula's rebirth in the Imperial Presidency.

Neither the people, nor the constitution, nor sanity itself would freely support any of what must come. The American people can be so attacked and brutalized by future court decisions that Roe V. Wade can just slip into the numbness as an inevitable, quashed subject, if at all. It is one of those peripheral fobs to nutcase supporters and the kind of social flogging that keeps the masses hurting and hurting each other underneath the untouchable Authority of judicial gods. Mostly what it will be is enshrinement of RW extremism for corporate rule and gutting of democracy as another necessary consequence.

Someone might do better to educate DUers at least, again, on the list of cases that would easily switch to the dark side, based on this present court's history AND what has been lost so far when the swing SCOTUS votes already took away from the people and gave to the GOP.

There has been plenty of cause, besides fighting for highly predictable loss of American rights, to stop ANY of *'s equally 100% predictable, uncompromising, cronyish, bad choices. The Dems have made noise and plans, even some threats, but no commitment. If the GOP is the worst majority party this nation has ever had, the Democrats often perform like the worst opposition party one could imagine, especially since their one foot in the cold water of bi-partisanship and humpty dumpty, special interest parity has been fatally outdated for some time as vicious crimes roll on over their constituents- quite predictably a large majority of the American voters if ever roused properly.

[SteppingRazor]

29. I think it's pretty unlikely too...

While a lot of Democratic Senators are willing and able, I don't think we have the votes to swing a filibuster. It sucks, but it's also reality.

[radio4progressives]

30. This cannot be allowed to stand... DU members this is the last stand!

Is it not?

if not this specific nominee, who?

how far right to the right of the right must dems allow this administration to take the SCOTUS?

And if not the SCOTUS, what?

[blm]

31. Hey - only TEN Democrats signed the DSM letter of inquiry -

and THAT was as serious as it can get.

Had more members of the committee signed that letter, then the DSM would have been FORCED as an issue for the committee.

ONLY TEN signed the letter, inclusing two committee members. They needed FIVE committee members.

[enough already]

32. It's the end for me if they let this happen.

For those who like to blame Nader for all our problems, look no further than the gutless wonders in the Senate for why people gravitate to him and others.

[smoogatz]

33. It only takes one.

Just one Senator can, on his/her own, stop Alito from being confirmed. One brave soul to stand up and extend the debate until the repukes give up and go home. That, and 34 others to back him/her up. Surely, of the 45 Democrats currently farting into the senate seat-cushions, there are 34 with some semblance of principle, decency and spine who will stand up for the American people.

No?

[alcibiades_mystery]

36. Actually, they'd need 41

Pretty tall order when Landrieu, Nelson and company are kissing GOP ass six days a week.

[Generator]

34. Well duh

Fucking traitors. Goodbye America. Nice knowing you. I'll be there in a few years in the streets. I'm amazed at the depth of my anger as I've been feeling so detached from it.

All it takes for evil to prevail is for good men and women to do nothing.

[AtomicKitten]

35. why don't we let this unfold before making hysterical oaths? (nt)

[McCamy Taylor]

39. Email and phone Senator Reid and others. Dont despair. They would say

they are not going to do it even if they were, because they want it to come as a surprise and to keep Rove from using it for WH media distraction.