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Senator Johnny Isakson explained his rationale today as follows:

You run for the US Senate to take the responsibility the constitution designates, that is, to advise and consent on the judges appointed by the president of the United States of America. We should do it, and in the next two weeks, that showdown is coming.

Th Attorney General also spoke out today:

"All judicial nominees deserve an up-or-down vote. It's a matter of fairness," Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said at a news conference at the Justice Department.

Nat Hentoff had this to say today about Justice Brown:

She does not deserve being stereotyped as an archetypical reactionary. And her defense of the Fourth Amendment's protection of our rights against government search and seizure are much stronger than any current member of the Supreme Court.

Senator Lamar Alexander made a wish today:

On Senate filibusters, he said his policy is to allow a vote on all judicial nominees, whether they are Republicans or Democrats. He said, "I wish a few of the Democratic senators would take that position. It would help avert the train wreck that is coming."

And, Rich Lowry of National Review had a conversation today with an anonymous Republican Senator, who said this:

We've been right at the 50 we need, although there may be some who don't jump one way or another until they have to. We may not have a hard count until there's a vote….Our base views this as a huge issue.

Yup.