Filibuster...

It looks like David Souter is going to retire from the Supreme Court soon. I wish it could have been one of the conservatives. I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for Obama's eventual nominee to be confirmed. The Republicans are going to filibuster no matter who he names, they're already planning for it I'm sure. They're going to make Strom Thurmond look like an amateur. All the bullcrap they pulled out when Bush's radical nominees were being held up will go right out the window. Back then, they were insisting that the nominees should be rubber stamped with no questions. Now all of a sudden they'll decide that things need to be held up, presumably just long enough that they can get a Republican in the White House or Obama just gives up and re-nominates Bork. A few years ago, the filibuster was a horrible tool that the Democrats were using to destroy the country, anyone want to guess how quickly they'll abandon that belief?