Always always stay cool - AJ Strata: “I think the Coalition of the Chillin’ is about to be completely and permanently vindicated.” Der Kommiser has much more on Joe Biden’s backtrack from the Alito filibuster threat he knows won’t materialize. The Democrats made the judicial fight unnecessarily larger than it needed to be and, now that they don’t have the votes, the climb down is worse. The Republicans (mostly Bill Frist) made the same mistake last week with Harry Reid’s Senate shutdown stunt, but at least the memory of that incident will be mercifully short. Samuel Alito’s Supreme Court seat will be a reminder for decades to come.