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Led by former Michigan governor John Engler, the National Association of Manufacturers said it's going to be throwing its weight behind the Michigan nominees to the 6th Circuit. The group says it has millions (!) of dollars to spend on lobbying, and plans to use it if necessary to get presumably more pro-business judges on the court.

The Michigan nominees have been actively blocked by the state's two Democratic senators, who are still upset about a few Clinton nominees that didn't make it through. They've got this bland statement in response to NAM's plans:

Levin and Stabenow issued a joint statement Wednesday calling for a bipartisan comprise [sic], "an idea that Gov. Engler supported when he was in office, and we will keep working to achieve that result."

But what bipartisan compromise is there to be reached for these particular nominees, I wonder, when George Bush is doing the nominating for the next four years -- and he already nominated a few of the last Clinton appointees when he originally took office? Is a compromise for Stabenow and Levin one in which no conservative nominees from Michigan come up at all?