Time for a little (party) insurrection!

[ewagner]

Okay, these are the facts as I understand them.

There are as many as 44 Votes AGAINST the nomination of Samual Alito on the Supreme Court, more than enough to sustain a filibuster. BUT....at least eight (8) of the Senators would not vote to support the filibuster. Hence, the Democratic Party won't even ATTEMPT to filibuster this odious candidate.

Therefore, we need ONE, JUST ONE REBEL SENATOR to start the filibuster. We need a simple act of insurrection against the cowardice of the Democratic leadership. Maybe the "hesitant eight" won't vote to sustain but then they will have to face the wrath of the voters at home.

Who is our "rebel"?

Who will stand up for principle?

Whoever it is; whoever stands up will find, maybe to his/her surprise that he/she is NOT ALONE. They will find MILLIONS OF DEMOCRATS MARCHING BEHIND THEM. Just look what happened last August. Cindy Sheehan decided to go to Crawford, Texas to confront Bush. She took this on her own, personal initiative and soon found thousands standing with her. Hundreds of thousands holding vigils in support of her across the nation were more than Cindy ever expected or could have possibly predicted.

Sometimes a little insurrection can lead to a whole new way of looking at things.

Stand up. Whoever you are! There are millions looking for you.

[MindPilot]

1. Barbara Boxer? eom

[still_one]

2. are there really 44 votes against alito?

tim johnson from south dakota said that he would vote for him

[Shrek]

3. A Senator can't "start" a filibuster

He or she either votes for cloture or not.

If there are at least 60 votes in favor, then cloture is invoked and the floor vote on the nominee is scheduled.

A filibuster isn't a process that has to be started; it's just a failure to get 60 votes for cloture.

[BillZBubb]

5. Not exactly. You are being too literal.

Some Senator, or group of Senators, has to initiate a filibuster strategy within the party, champion it, and fire up the rest of the group to support it. Our "leadership" isn't doing this, so an individual member like Kerry could start the ball rolling to get 41 votes against cloture. That's the only way a failure of cloture will happen at this point.

[Walt Starr]

6. You're wrong, a filibuster can begin on the floor

All a single Senator has to do is keep talking and not yield the floor. That is also a filibuster. Not as effective as denying cloture, butit would say a lot.

[insane_cratic_gal]

7. It's to end debate correct?

that is what a filibuster is yap yap yap yap.. the refusal to confirm and rinse and repeat.

only procedure by which the Senate can vote to place a time limit on consideration of a bill or other matter, and thereby overcome a filibuster. Under the cloture rule (Rule XXII), the Senate may limit consideration of a pending matter to 30 additional hours, but only by vote of three-fifths of the full Senate, normally 60 votes

[LoKnLoD]

4. Kerry would I bet