My cynicism tells me we are being played fools with the alito filibuster [View All]

[still_one]

throw a few democrats who say they will filibuster, throw a few democrats who say they will vote no on alito, but not for the filibuster, and throw an even fewer democrats who say they will vote for alito

So where do the democrats stand on this nomination?

All over the spectrum

Most of their Democratic constituents believe they should do everything, including filibuster to stop the nomination. Most Americans are pro-choice, and for seperation of powers, yet the democrats in the senate cannot even stand together on this.

They didn't have much problem voting for the patriot act mostly in unison

The directive from the DLC has made it very clear that the party should NOT filibuster

If the democrats cannot even get the votes to filibuster alito, then what does the platform stand for?