Reply #68: totally agree

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it doesn't matter. Save capital for the important battles, which are the nomination(s) of the new justice(s). That doesn't mean that Democrats have to actually vote for the nomination or pay compliments to someone as icky as Scalia, but I wouldn't filibuster it.

In the end, the battle over the court is all going to come down to moderate Republicans and whether or not they decide use the nuclear option to kill a filibuster of a nomination. If the conservatives succeed and add two extreme conservatives to the court, I say we should do what my poly sci prof suggested, when we get reelected with a real mandate in 2008 after Bush fucks up the country to the point where it becomes obvious to a clear majority: pack the court with liberals.