HOW MANY DEMOCRATS WILL VOTE TO SUPPORT BUSH'S LATEST KKK NOMINEE TO THE JUDICIAL BRANCH NEXT WEEK?

While the Democratic Senate Establishment gets ready to make common cause with the Bush Regime in invoking cloture of Chris Dodd's promise to filibuster the further erosion of our constitutional rights in terms of the fascistic FISA bill crafted by Regime hacks and bribe-happy Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), some treacherous Democrats are also lining up with GOP extremists to push forward Bush's latest radical right judicial nominee, Leslie Southwick.

Senate Republicans have assumed they would need to round up a filibuster-proof supermajority of 60 votes to win confirmation for Southwick. It’s unclear whether Southwick’s supporters have done so. A spokesman for Reid declined to say whether Democrats would filibuster the nomination. A Senate Republican aide said there is no agreement on a time limit for debating the nomination.

One big unknown is how conservative Dem, Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), who broke with her party on August 2 to insure that Bush's nominee would get out of committee, will vote. Other Democrats who could join the GOP is confirming another KKK judicial nominee are reflexive reactionaries like Ben Nelson (NE), Max Baucus (MT), Mary Landrieu (LA), Blanche Lincoln (AR), Tom Carper (DE), Mark Pryor (AR), Tim Johnson (SD), Evan Bayh (IN), Bill Nelson (FL) and Kent Conrad (ND), Byron Dorgan (ND), and Ken Salazar (CO).

The 49 Republicans eager to confirm one of Bush's worst ever nominees can also count on the support of Joe Lieberman, so they need 10 reactionary Democrats to shut down debate and get Southwick through.