NO, WE CAN'T!:

Obama's judicial confirmations are slow going (David G. Savage, November 15, 2009, LA Times)

Despite a solid Democratic majority in the Senate, President Obama is on pace to set a record for the fewest judges confirmed during a president's first year in the White House.

So far, only six of Obama's nominees to the lower federal courts have won approval. By comparison, President George W. Bush had 28 judges confirmed in his first year in office, even though Democrats held a narrow majority for much of the year.

The fewer he seats the less chance of embarrassing rulings to defend when he's running for re-election.

Posted by Orrin Judd at November 16, 2009 6:39 AM