Here’s Reid at lunchtime today:

As far as the Gonzales nomination, the decision’s been made by the Democratic Caucus that we will take 10 hours of debate over the next few days, and then there will be an up-or-down vote on Gonzales when that debate time is completed — 10 hours on our side.
As you know, there is extremely strong feelings with the Democrats over the Gonzales nomination.
I said what I think a lot of people feel, I said this in the caucus: I’m impressed with his story. He has a story that is American success story. But that doesn’t make up for the problems we have with his being the person who was the legal adviser to the president that signed off on these torture memos.
As far as I’m concerned, this torture that’s gone on in Iraq, Afghanistan, is going to be something that’s going to haunt this country for years to come. It’s going to be a legacy that my grandchildren will inherit. It’s a legacy that, with our fighting men and women around the country, they’re captured, who can imagine what might happen to them after the example that we have set as Americans with torture.
So I’ll be happy to respond to any questions that you have.
QUESTION: How many votes in your caucus do you think will be against Gonzales?
REID: You’re asking me how many will be against Gonzales. I think probably 25 or 30.
QUESTION: Will you be one of them?
REID: Yes, I will be one of them.
You know, I’ve kind of adopted the Bush strategy. Start low, and if you get more than that, it looks pretty good.
QUESTION: Senator Reid, what kind of message does it send to have 25 to 30 or even more Democrats voting against the Gonzales nomination?
REID: Well, I think it sends a message that the chief legal adviser to the president has a real problem when he starts.
I don’t know — and I really don’t know — but I’ve had in my office — just people from the state of Nevada, not people from around the country — hundreds and hundreds of people who have e-mailed me, called, written letters, who are just terribly upset about this.
Every week I get calls to the Carson, Reno and Las Vegas offices about people calling in about whatever they want to call about. And by far the largest ticket item this past week has been Gonzales, even more than Social Security.
QUESTION: Senator was there actual discussion about the filibuster? Senator Leahy came out and said that it wasn’t mentioned.
REID: There was a decision made there not to filibuster, and that was obvious. I think what Senator Leahy said, and meant to say, is there was never a discussion that we were going to try a filibuster. I think there was a general feeling going into the meeting that this wasn’t the time to filibuster.
QUESTION: But did Senator Kennedy and others suggest there should be a filibuster? There have been reports that they did.
REID: Senator Kennedy and I had a very pleasant conversation this morning, prior to the caucus, and there was never a suggestion from Senator Kennedy that this be filibustered.