Posted
1/26/2006 05:19:00 PM
by Douglas
Filibuster? Awww yeah, beyotch, it's
on!Sen. John Kerry will attempt a filibuster to block the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court.
"Judge Alito's confirmation would be an ideological coup on the Supreme Court," Kerry said in a written statement explaining his support for a filibuster.
"We can't afford to see the court's swing vote, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, replaced with a far-right ideologue like Samuel Alito."
Is this an attempt to block Alito, or an attempt for the democrats (especially Kerry) to prove that they're not as ineffective as everyone thinks they are? Who cares? I find it interesting that he's trying to pull this
now, considering that his confirmation is almost a lock. But no one ever accused Kerry of having good timing.