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T.R. Goldman of the Legal Times has this report, which contains this interesting excerpt:

"Republicans want to get a lock on Congress for the next generation or two," explains Goldman, the University of Massachusetts professor, "and anything they can do to play to their base, they will do."

Several nominees appear to be in that camp, all of whom would likely be filibustered again . . . .

Former Alabama Attorney General and 11th Circuit nominee William Pryor Jr., who has called Roe v. Wade "the worst abomination of constitutional law in history," is viewed with even more suspicion by Democrats.

But Pryor holds a trump card: After Republicans failed to break two filibusters against him in 2003, he was given a recess appointment by President Bush on Feb. 20, 2004. Although this ensures that Pryor will remain on the bench at least until the end of this year, supporters say his record so far shows that he's not the radical his detractors paint him as.

Specter, for one, is ready to push for him. "Pryor has handed down some very, very good opinions in the time he's been on the bench," he says.