Kerry Will Try Alito Filibuster

(Hat tip: Fumare)

Looks like John F. Kerry will be "reporting for duty" to do the pro-aborts' bidding:

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Sen. John Kerry will attempt a filibuster to block the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court.

"Judge Alito's confirmation would be an ideological coup on the Supreme Court," Kerry said in a written statement explaining his support for a filibuster.

"We can't afford to see the court's swing vote, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, replaced with a far-right ideologue like Samuel Alito."

Kerry, in Davos, Switzerland, to attend the World Economic Forum, was marshaling support in phone calls during the day, Democratic sources told CNN.

Sources said Kerry talked to a group of Democratic senators Wednesday, and urged that they join him. He also has the support of fellow Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy.

Some senior Democrats told CNN they are worried that the move could backfire.

Republicans would need 60 votes to overturn a filibuster -- a procedural move that extends Senate debate indefinitely, effectively blocking a vote. Senior White House officials said the move would make the Democrats look bad, and that Republicans believe they have enough votes to overcome any filibuster attempt.

My Comments:
Something told me this was going to happen. Part of me hopes there aren't enough votes to kill the filibuster by traditional cloture. I'd love to see the Republicans go nuclear on the Dems' sorry pro-abort asses. It's time to kill the judicial filibuster once and for all. It's not like the Republicans have the testicular fortitude to use it themselves, so it will always be a weapon that exists only in the Democrat arsenal. Let's knock it out now.

The most positive aspect of this development is that the November elections (at least where the Senate is concerned) will once again focus on Democrat obstruction of the President's judicial nominees. And we know what happened in 2002 and 2004 when the Republicans were able to take advantage of that to make significant gains in the Senate. Let's just say I wouldn't want to be a red-state Democrat running for reelection to the Senate.

UPDATE:
CNN's Wolf Blitzer is apparently reporting that there are more than 60 votes - maybe as many as 70 votes - for cloture. If so, Kerry has just shown himself to be a posturing buffoon (actually, he did that a lot in 2004, too).

Or, maybe he just has really bad political instincts. We saw a lot of that in 2004, as well.