Turmoil in the Senate?

Who would have thought that things couldn't go swimmingly in the home of the ten seat majority?
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The Senate is headed toward turmoil unless it can resolve its bitter impasse over judicial nominees, a key Republican warned yesterday. But neither party showed signs of yielding as senators scheduled a hearing next week for one of the 10 appointees blocked last year.

Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), breaking from GOP orthodoxy that blames only Democrats, said both parties have allowed the battle over federal judgeships to escalate to a dangerous point where neither side is willing to back down. He said he is not sure Republicans have enough votes in the full Senate to confirm appellate court nominee William G. Myers III, but he will formally restart the contest by conducting a committee hearing Tuesday.

I'm not sure how it happened, but it seems that the Republican might even be a couple shorts of getting a confirmation of the first Bush re-nominee, say nothing of stopping a fillibuster. Get out the popcorn, folks. We might be in for a show.