OK, I hope everybody’s ready to do the big work this weekend. Debate on the Alito nomination will continue
on Monday, until about 4:30 or so, at which time there’ll be a vote for cloture (an end to debate). If three-fifths of the Senators (that’d be 60) vote for cloture, there’ll be an up or down vote on Strip Search Sammy Alito on Tuesday. If not, the Republicans will likely attempt to declare the use of unlimited debate unconstitutional with respect to judicial nominations. Likely, that will take a while to work out, as moderate (that is, not quite totally insane) Republicans are reluctant to do this; what goes around comes around, eh?.

The State of the Union address is Tuesday night. You can either look at President Bunnypants stumbling over the English language with that smug fucking look on his puss, fresh from ensuring his imperial legacy for the next 25 years or so, or you can watch the arrogant little prick blink and scowl as he works that coke jaw back and forth, wondering what the hell happened to all that political capital he thought he had.

Work your phones, fax machines, and computers. Call your Senators. Call everybody’s Senators. Don’t forget the “moderate” Republicans, or the “conservative” Democrats. Screw ’em if they’ve already said they’d vote for Alito. They can change their minds (what, a politician saying one thing and doing another? Perish the thought). Be polite to their staffers, but let them know they’ll be rewarded for doing the right thing, and shunned – or worse, actively campaigned against – for running away from this fight with nothing but their lonely little tails between their legs.

You know what you’ll hear from the traditional media all weekend. Kerry’s crazy. There aren’t enough votes. This is bad for America. Poor Sammy’s wife is gonna cry. You name it. There’ll be venom aplenty. The Democrats in the Senate need to know that we’ve got their backs – that this won’t be political suicide. In fact, this may be the only thing that can save them. Win, lose, or draw, if they don’t at least put up a fight, they’ll turn those of who care off completely – and maybe permanently. They can’t afford that, and neither can this country.

Stop Alito. Start a revolution.