Shutting down the government

It appears the Thuglicans are whining that the Democrats are slow-walking Bush judge appointees through the confirmation process and are threatening to close down the Senate if it continues.

The Carpetbagger has the facts:

Indeed, let’s compare apples to apples. 2007 is the seventh year of Bush’s presidency, 1999 was the seventh year of Clinton’s presidency. Both saw Senate Judiciary Committees led by a member of the opposing party. In the first five months of 2007, a Democratic Judiciary Committee has approved 18 judicial nominees. In 1999, a Republican Judiciary Committee only held seven hearings on nominees over the course of the entire year.

I say start slow-walking and let them shut down the Senate. Remember the last time they shut the government down? It backfired on them. Furthermore, in this case, why are we allowing Bush to pack the courts when we have the ability to block him? It's high time we played by some of the Thuglicans' rules. We need to undo every damned thing they've done in the past six years, so let's get started. Block every one of the appointees.