I heard about Kyl’s threatened filibuster if the nominee is someone who takes suffering and empathy into account. The horror! Instead, we must have strict constructionists, who divine intent from the documents that were written 200 years ago, when everyone of importance put into words on paper their final thoughts on everything contained within the Constitution. Of course, its a good thing we have all of those documents too, and no one has any trouble understanding them . . .

I look forward to seeing if Kyl and Sessions can actually talk all of their colleagues - particularly both Snowe and Collins, AFAIK, the only moderates left - into it. Should be fun.