Bush was talking today about Alito and started a new talking point. He seems to think that all Senate hearings in the past weren't dignified. He repeated the "dignified" term ad nauseum. You better be nice to Sam no matter what he says during the hearings so he gets his up or down vote. Please tell us how dignified is Jack Abramoff and Tom Delay?

Atrios is correct in saying: "As for the "nuclear option," well, if the Republicans want to wrap themselves in the constitution as a pretense for cheating I say let them. It's long past time for the Democrats to stop playing the faux civility game in the Senate....read on"