Lame Duck Walking

"Irrelevant" Bush breaks a filibuster, gets Judge Southwick confirmed. Ed Whelan sorts the sheep from the goats (some surprising) in the cloture vote:

some heroes: Senator Specter and his staff, who went to extraordinary lengths to make sure senators had available the real facts about Judge Southwick’s record; Senators McConnell, Cochran, and Lott, who worked tirelessly behind the scenes; and especially Senator Feinstein, who displayed her courage and character in standing up courageously to the jackals on her side who were maligning Judge Southwick.

Scroll down here for the whole story about how poorly the good judge was treated.