Alito and Grassley: Well it's too late baby, now it's too late

Alito and Grassley: Well it's too late baby, now it's too late

With apologies to Carole King.

Just as I predicted, my in box is now filling up with sincere folks invoking us to Call Now To Stop Alito. Some bright bulb on the ICProgressive listserv tell us: "there is also much talk that Judge Alito will not uphold women's rights either." Gee, ya think?

Becky Sharp retorts to this message concisely: "It's a little bit late to be doing this."

Absolutely. The time to stop Alito is not January 2006; it was November 2004. And the tactic is not Call Now, it should have been Vote Now - for John Kerry to appoint instead of Bush and, as a backup, Art Small to vote Nay instead of Chuck Grassley voting Aye.

There's only an outside shot at a filibuster - Three Dems are voting yes and there's several Dems who'll vote no on confirmation but won't support a filibuster:

Three Democrats (Nelson, Johnson and Byrd) will vote for Alito. Senators Landrieu and Salazar have stated their opposition to a filibuster, and Senator Feinstein, if you'll recall, was also hesitant.

This fight was decided on Election Day. Don't waste your phone calls now - make them next November. Republicans can't be persuaded but they can be defeated.