Raw Story led me to today's Robert Novak column titled
Filibuster Alito?. It's short and oh so sweet - basically, there are enough opposing votes to prevent cloture, so the pressure is on to filibuster:
That means the number of senators voting "no" will be well over the 41 needed to prevent cloture. Pressure groups then could ask why no filibuster had been launched. But Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid may not want to risk causing Senate Republican Leader Bill Frist to set a precedent by using the "nuclear" option: to end a filibuster by simple majority vote.
My jaw hit the floor when I realized that someone other than the NSA may actually be attending to the letters, emails, calls and faxes we've been sending about Alito. OMG - this republic may still work despite it all! SWEET. Let's keep the pressure on this week.