Reply #28: Some of the Senators who are getting Kudos over the filibuster certainly [View All]

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do not deserve them. They caved in to pressure from the left, but they whined so much it was almost as bad as if they voted against the filibuster.

Cantwell's vote was obviously one of fear, not conviction. That's why I'm watching her with a wary eye. Yes, she is on the correct side of most issues. That only makes it more obvious why she voted the way she did.

The filibuster should have happened. It didn't happen because some Democrats were afraid. And now we have Alito. There was a chance that we could have pulled this off. If the Democrats had been united, the filibuster would have happened. And the Republicans would have had to use the Nuclear Option...if they dared, which I'm not all that certain they would have. In any case, it would have brought the issue to the public despite the MSM.

As for Senator Kerry: many Democrats he's helped in the past sniped at him through the entire thing and others just turned their backs. He did a courageous thing in standing up against Alito. The Senators who stood with him from the beginning are heroes. The others are weak. They aren't Republicans and they still get have my loyalty when push comes to shove. However, IMHO, they will always carry a stain from this: a big yellow one.