Ain’t it a shame, to be shot down in flames

With apologies to AC/DDC for the title

Man, that had to hurt.

The Senate all but guaranteed Samuel Alito’s confirmation as the nation’s 110th Supreme Court justice Monday, shutting down a last-minute attempt by liberals to block the conservative judge’s nomination with a filibuster.

Republican and Democratic senators on a 72-25 vote agreed to end their debate, setting up a Tuesday morning vote on his confirmation to replace retiring moderate Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.

With at least 57 votes committed to Alito—53 Republicans and four Democrats—approval by majority vote in the 100-member Senate is now seemingly assured.

A bloc of Democrats, led by Massachusetts Sens. Edward Kennedy and John Kerry, unsuccessfully tried over the weekend and Monday to persuade other senators to use a vote-delaying filibuster to stop Alito, a 15-year veteran of the U.S. Appeals Court and a former lawyer for the Reagan administration.

Attention Kerry & Kennedy; you are irrelevant, even among your own people.  Please clue yourselves in to this obvious fact.  You too, Hillary.  Way to pick a stance.  Keep apepaling to the Kos/DU crazies...it’s worked wonders so far. *cough*

Alito is qualified and while I may not agree with 100% of his past decisions...is there any judge on Earth that I could say that about?  I doubt it.  Next stop: confirmation.

Once again, Bush gets it done while the Democrats blubber and blow.  Amazing how that bumpkin idiot keeps managing to pull it off, isn’t it?

Hat tip: Ace of Spades

Posted by JimK at 11:20 PM on January 30, 2006
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