Yesterday I wondered why Big Media is asking squishy Republicans whether they will vote for the nuclear option — but isn’t asking squishy Democrats whether they will vote for cloture as to any filibustered judicial nominee. I speculated that the Democrats have a stronger leadership.

Still, if any media folks wanted to ask that question of Democrats, they could start with Colorado Senator Ken Salazar — a Democrat who promised during his recent campaign that he would support President Bush’s nominees’ getting an up or down vote.