Alito confirmation appears inevitable

From Yahoo News:

Long-smoldering Democratic dissension flared openly Friday as liberals sought support for a last-minute filibuster of Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito against the advice of leaders worried about a backlash in the 2006 elections.

"I reject those notions that there ought to somehow be some political calculus about the future. ... The choice is now," said Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, the party's 2004 presidential candidate and a White House hopeful for 2008. He said it was imperative to fight for "those people who count on us to stand up and protect them."

Two of the party's Senate leaders, Harry Reid of Nevada and Charles Schumer of New York, privately made clear their unhappiness with the strategy, even though they, too, oppose Alito's confirmation. And Rep. Harold Ford (news, bio, voting record), seeking a Senate seat in Republican-leaning Tennessee, dismissed the filibuster approach openly.

"It does not appear that there is any reason to hold up a vote. I hope my colleagues in the Senate will move quickly to bring this process to a dignified end," he said.

The Democrats will continue to lose elections if they don't unite and get a backbone. This is why the Republicans keep winning elections despite their lack of ethics and a failed presidency. They always stick together and stay on message. During the Alito hearings the Democrats failed miserably in getting the message out to the american people as to why putting a right wing idealogue such as Samual Alito on the Supreme Court is very bad for this country. The only message the american people saw was that Democrats made Alito's wife cry. Is it any wonder why Scotty McClellan is making jokes about John Kerry calling for a filibuster from Switzerland? He knows the Democrats are seen as weak. Seeing how this latest filibuster fiasco has played out, i gotta say i'm not liking the Democrats chances for gaining back control of either of the houses of Congress.