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It seems unlikely. >> the democratic party is not the party of truman, kennedy, or jackson or even fdr. >> they is similar criticisms of the entrenched republicans. given the tendency to skepticism, they may be of the toughest 2012 caucus votes to collect. steve brown, fox news. >> a washington state man has been charged threatening to kill democratic senator patty murray over her support for healthcare reform. charles wilson was arrested in yakima today and the f.b.i. says he left threatening messages on her office voice mail and were traced to wilson's home. republicans on the senate judicia...

>> reporter: with today's vote, lu becomes the first of president obama's judicial nominees to fail. >> this will not go down easy. >> reporter: with that last remark, democratic senator barbara boxer signaled the water of the senate confirmation hearings still poisoned after 20 years after the robert bjork hearings may become more poisonous. >> bret: thank you. the department of homeland security notified 30 cities across the country they are about to lose anti-terror funding from the federal government. the department says it was scrapped as part of the federal budget cut. only 31 high-threa...

Dispizeed. -- despiseed. that is a bridge so far. >> reporter: one of the supporters defended the comments. >> it has a ring of passionate litigator making an argument with probably more zeal than he, himself, appreciates. >> reporter: but other supporters ignored it, focused on his resume. >> the american bar association didn't waste time evaluating professor goodwin lu. they warded him the highest possible rating. >> reporter: democrats urged republicans to follow their own mantra about the judicial nominees. >> let's bring it to a vote. >> republicans honed in on other controversial stateme...

Dispizeed. -- despiseed. that is a bridge so far. >> reporter: one of the supporters defended the comments. >> it has a ring of passionate litigator making an argument with probably more zeal than he, himself, appreciates. >> reporter: but other supporters ignored it, focused on his resume. >> the american bar association didn't waste time evaluating professor goodwin lu. they warded him the highest possible rating. >> reporter: democrats urged republicans to follow their own mantra about the judicial nominees. >> let's bring it to a vote. >> republicans honed in on other controversial stateme...