Well, the first full day is over in the Samuel Alito Hearings and the second day is underway.
Whatever there would've been from Democrats to derail these hearings would've come yesterday and it didn't...and it didn't because there isn't anything. (byron york details)
All the angst about 'women will die' if David Souter is confirmed...about 'women will die' if Sandra Day O'Connor is confirmed...about 'women will die' if Alito is confirmed...will go in this case the way it has gone in the previous hearings.
President Bush won the election and he has the right to nominate whoever he wishes...those people will reflect the president's worldview...that is as it should be...as it has been. And by the way how it will be again within the next year when the president names another nominee.
This is one of the reasons we vote. This is why elections matter. This is what is so satisfying for the winning side and what is so disappointing for the losing side (whichever is the winning and losing side).
Alito will be confirmed and the domestic legacy of the president will be well on it's way.
Perhaps the most important nomination will be the next one.