GOP won't filibuster Sotomayor....

[Hieronymus]

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2009/05/28/gop_wont_filibuster_to_block_sotomayor_gop_senator_says/

[opihimoimoi]

1. Reality Forces a DOG Recall.......arf arf wooof woof

[FrenchieCat]

2. Like they had a choice!

[Joe the Liberal]

3. What would happen if they did? n/t

[cali]

9. they can't. they don't have the votes. no way could they ever get Snowe

or Collins on board to filibuster.

[zbdent]

10. with the voting record lately of some of the Dems ...

the GOP could have had a successful filibuster ...

[cali]

11. no, they really couldn't have.

the only possible defector was/is Nelson of NE and he won't filibuster. He likely won't even vote against Sotomayor.

[SpartanDem]

4. They never had the votes

in the first place. Yeah some of them going make a stink, but most aren't going want to deal with the bad press from trying to torpedo her. They're gonna keep their powder dry on this one.

[Optical.Catalyst]

8. It will give the Republicans a talking point in their campaigns back home

The Republicans will talk big about President Obama's appointment of Sotomayor, then make the comment back home "There was nothing I could do, those mean ol' Democrats stifled us. Vote for me!"

[depakid]

5. So much for the theory that Obama wanted to take the heat off health care

and carbon taxing with his pick.

Had a feeling that was a bogus take- got ragged on for saying so, too.

[Thrill]

6. They couldn't. No way Mel Martinez was going to go along with a fillibuster

of the first Hispanic justice.

[cherokeeprogressive]

7. There will be wailing, and gnashing of teeth. But in the end, it will turn out to be

much ado about nothing.

She'll be confirmed by a large margin. There is nothing new under the sun. She's not new, and she's not avante garde. She's a safe pick whose tenure on the bench began with a nomination by GHWB. The rethugs won't vote against that.

Tell me President Obama didn't know that going in.

[marshall]

12. Why should they?

She is the best (from their perspective) that they can expect.

[SoxFan]

13. The votes weren't there

Collins, Snowe, and Lugar probably weren't going to go along, and since the Democrats (including Sanders and Lieberman) were likely to stick together, a filibuster isn't a realistic threat.