…please, Senate Democrats, please attempt a filibuster of Samuel Alito. We’ll see if you can last a week against polls that will run 60-80 percent in favor of giving Alito an up-or-down vote on the floor of the U.S. Senate. The filibuster works only if it can be done on matters that don’t receive a huge amount of press attention. An effort to filibuster a Supreme Court nominee will be the biggest political story of that week. It won’t be necessary for Republicans to invoke the nuclear option and end the filibuster altogether. Democrats would crumble after four days as they attempt to explain why it’s acceptable to prevent a fair vote of a majority of Senators. Go right ahead, Harry Reid. Give it a shot, buddy. Make judicial nominations a big issue in 2006 even as you lose your effort to keep the obviously qualified Alito off the court.

Make my day.