Sore Winners

Cloture invoked; Republicans still ain't happy.

Senate Moves Alito Close to Confirmation - Yahoo! News

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

"I find it regrettable that there are those who are trying to resurrect a filibuster even as there is clearly nothing in the record that constitutes extraordinary circumstances," said GOP Sen. Olympia Snowe (news, bio, voting record) of Maine, the only publicly undecided Republican on Alito's nomination.

Sen. Lincoln Chafee (news, bio, voting record) of Rhode Island, the only Republican to announce that he will vote against Alito, also refused to support the filibuster attempt. "How are we going to get anything done if we can't work together?" Chafee asked.

Other Republicans also criticized the attempt to keep Alito from getting a confirmation vote on Tuesday before Bush's State of the Union address.

"If this hyperpoliticization of this judicial confirmation process continues I fear in this moment we will institutionalize this behavior and someday we will be hard pressed not to employ political tests and tactics against the Supreme Court nominee of a Democratic president," said Senate Majority Whip Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.

What a hypocritical drama queen. As a result of this performance, I hear Mitch McConnell has been nominated for Best Supporting Actress.

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