The GOP Must Be Getting Nervous About Alito

The GOP must be getting nervous about the nomination of Samuel Alito.  There is no other explanation for their recent bizarre behavior.

Matt Stoller over at MyDD points out that henchmen assigned to work the nomination are now issuing threats against Senators Kennedy and Biden if they exercise their role under the Constitution by actually trying to find out if Alito has the character and moral fitness to serve on the nation's highest court.

And now, Senator Bill "Insider Trader" Frist is threatening the nuclear option to fend off a filibuster threat that has yet to be uttered by Democrats.

Methinks the slimy Senator doth protest too much.

If Alito and Bush had any real character, they would disavow the tactics of confirmation by threat, and both would demand that whoever made the threat against Kennedy and Biden come forward and be taken off the nomination team.