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Appeals Court Judge Samuel Alito was nominated to the Supreme Court today. That’s for those of you who have a morbid fear of little kids dressed up as Britney Spears and Brad Pitt and have hidden in the closet all day. Because that’s the only people I could fathom that would not have heard of the SCOTUS nomination for today.

And I think I’ll go on record as saying it’s a home run. He promised us a candidate like Thomas or Scalia and well he delivered. In fact you probably couldn’t get closer to Scalia without cloning him. Which as we know the president is firmly against cloning….until Karl Rove tells him otherwise…or something.

Alot of people are hypothesizing about the possibility that there will be a big fight in the Senate over Alito. I’m just not seeing it. I hope for it, but I doubt it’s gonna happen.

Despite evidence to the contrary (and at least some of my readers well voiced opinions) the Democrats aren’t stupid. They aren’t going to jump into a fight they know they can’t win. Or at least they won’t jump in wholeheartedly.

Sure the Ted Kennedys of the world will always bitch and moan about the Apocalypse coming if RobertsAlito is confirmed. Yeah yeah yeah, the sky is falling. Whatever.

But after the shitstorm (that’s the technically term for it) that conservatives threw over Miers you think ANY Republican has the balls (or lack of brains) to try to vote against Alito?? Conservatives raised holy hell over not getting a quality pick. Now they were given one that was above and beyond what they were hoping for. You seriously think any Republican wants to poke that hornets nest?? No.

Filibuster? Hell, you already got at least one member of the Gang of 14 on record saying a filibuster will lose. Nuclear option, no problem. McCain wouldn’t dare go against it, if he values another run at the Presidency. DeWine has a tough election coming up. Chafee won’t make it past the primaries if he tries to defy the party again. Graham still has bruises from the beating he got over his Gang of 14 decision, he’s not up for a repeat.

Which puts us at 52 votes for the nuclear option. Like I said, the Democrats aren’t stupid. They see the writing on the wall as well as we do. Why throw all your resources into a battle you’re destined to lose?? Especially with rumors of a potential Stevens retirement. Why not just keep the powder dry to defend a REAL liberal seat?

Yeah, Alito has a track record of conservatism, but he’s also got the intellect to defend/support it even in the face of
heavy criticism. And criticism?? He’s used to that.

Sorry, I just don’t see a huge fight happening. My prediction, the Democrats and liberals will bitch for a few months, then 60+ Senators will vote to confirm him.

The End.