John Kerry will filibuster Alito
Posted by Moonage on 27 Jan 2006 | Tagged as: National Politics
A few days ago, I predicted the Dems would attempt to filibuster Alito, and it would fail badly. Enter John Kerry:
At the beginning of the 4pm hour of CNN€™s The Situation Room, Congressional correspondent Ed Henry reported that Senator John Kerry (D - MA) is calling for an Alito filibuster. Henry says that the Senior Senator from Massachusetts, Sen. Ted Kennedy (D) is also calling for a filibuster and is asking his colleagues to join the two. However, already three Democrats (Byrd, Nelson (Nebraska), and Johnson) have joined the Republicans in a vote for Alito. The €˜Gang of 14€² has already said that they do not plan to filibuster Alito, which means the rest of the 7 Democrats will probably join the vote against a filibuster.
Do note that Kerry made these comments AFTER the Gang of 14 bailed and Bob Byrd said he wasn’t in the mood to filibuster Alito either ( he just wants the whole thing over, I wonder why? ).
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