Alito letters [Updated] 
[Update:]:
John Edwards is the first to endorse a filibuster petition. Here's the link.Obviously many Democrats are concerned with the candidacy of Samuel Alito. Unfortunately, many of them have no vote, not being Senators.
Many letters, petitions, and voices of outrage are out there circulating. I just got my letter from John Edwards, which urges our Senators not to confirm Alito.
Here's a snip from his email:
Please join me in calling on Democratic Senators to stand up for the core principals of our party by opposing Alito's nomination. This is not my petition; it is ours, because all of us are threatened by this nomination. Sign our petition calling on Senate Democrats to stand together and block Alito's confirmation with every means at their disposal. We will share the results with Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee.Sign it. Pass it on.
Or sign a petition. Or sign one to filibuster. Or sign on to demand an impeachment. Or sign one to demand body armor for the troops.
You have a voice.
Use it. Let them hear from you.
Update:
The latest from Fightin' Harry Reid and the Democrats is the plan to delay the vote for a week, rather than to declare a position on Alito.
Here are some key grafs, but go read the whole thing:
. . . the Democrats were noncommittal about trying to mount a filibuster on the Senate floor.
Instead, they are seeking to slow Alito's ascension by demanding that the Judiciary Committee's chairman, Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., delay the panel's vote a week. Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid "is urging all Democrats to refrain from committing to a vote either for or against confirmation prior to the caucus next Wednesday," Reid spokesman Jim Manley said. Democrats want to give their caucus time to study the hearing transcripts, Manley said. Also to be considered is whether any reason exists to filibuster the nomination, but the chances of such a maneuver appeared slim.And there's this:
"I don't think he's going to get many votes from Democrats on the committee," Sen. Charles Schumer, a New York Democrat on the committee, told CBS' "The Early Show." "As for a filibuster, it's something we'll have to discuss. So it's not on the table or off the table right now."
KEYWORDS: Samuel Alito, Senate, SCOTUS
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