Seven Spinal Transfusions

If the long-awaited filibuster showdown has finally drawn nigh, these are the seven teetering Pachyderms that need to be urged to do the right thing.

The list:

Susan Collins (Maine)

Chuck Hagel (Nebraska)

Arlen Specter (Pennsylvania)

John Warner (Virginia)

Mike DeWine (Ohio)

Lisa Murkowski (Alaska)

John Sununu (New Hampshire)

Note that, with McCain, Chafee, and Snowe already off the reservation, and taking for granted that no Dem will cross his/her own picket line, Majority Leader Frist needs at least five of these seven to vote "yea" on the rule change in order for it to be sustained.

As Hugh Hewitt put it this morning:

The idea that 41 Democrats get to pick the new Chief Justice after three successive GOP wins at the polls is unacceptable, and the party as a whole - not just the base, but every segment but the left margin - will be communicating that opinion over the next few days.

To quote Captain Jean-Luc Picard, "Make it so."

[HT: Blogs for Bush/GOP Bloggers]