Forty-Frickin'-Two?

I guess I was a little blinded by the whole filibuster fight to realize that we actually had the votes to pull it off. Forty-two senators voted against Justice Alito.

To the 17 that went yes on cloture and no on Alito, um, f**k you very much. Unfortunately, thanks to the blogosphere and C-SPAN, we see through your game. Your cloture vote was your vote.

By the way, can we call voting for cloture and voting against the bill/nominee a "Lieberman"? Like, "My senator totally Liebermaned on that bankruptcy bill yesterday..."

Let's not get Liebermaned again. This is your moment, Ned Lamont.

P.S. It's still significant that, after the "Gang of 14" essentially killed the filibuster, that 25 senators (who could have run for cover based on the futility of the exercise) went ahead and voted against cloture anyway.

Incidentally, on the day Strip Search Sam Alito, he of the Concerned Alumni of Princeton, gets on the highest court in the land, Coretta Scott King dies. Is that symbolic or what?