BIG BLOWBACK POTENTIAL

The Republican leadership of the Senate is trying to raise the salience of the judicial nominations issue. Dems are responding by piggybacking on any additional publicity and proposing that the time be used for serious legislative business. I hope that the news accounts make the Democratic response clear. The sound of a half-dozen Republicans objecting as Senator Levin (D-MI) tries to move to legislative session in order to deal with unemployment legislation should be music to Democratic ears.