There’s word that all Republican senators have been directed to be in

their seats on the Senate floor tonight at 9 p.m. EST to discuss the Estrada

nomination. It’s not clear how long the show-of-force will last — it could

be for just an hour or it could go past midnight — but it is apparently

intended to show GOP resolve and unity on the Estrada issue in the face of

the latest Democratic threats to the nomination (see “Dems Vow Armageddon on

Estrada,” below).