Senate Judiciary postpones vote on Kagan, who isn't polling well

The Senate Judiciary Committee is postponing by one week its vote on the Supreme Court nomination of Elena Kagan after objections from the panel's top Republican.

The committee had planned to vote on Kagan's nomination Tuesday, but Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions invoked his privilege and was granted a one-week delay. The vote will be held July 20.

"I think we are cooperating in a fair way to move this nominee forward," Sessions said in asking for the automatic postponement.

Committee Chairman Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.) said he thinks "everybody's made up their mind" on how to vote."

Kagan's nomination is not polling well. According to the latest numbers from Rasmussen:  ...voters are almost evenly divided over whether Kagan should be confirmed by the full Senate: 39% say yes; 40% say no, and 20% are undecided.

By comparison, at this stage of the process last year, 41% supported the confirmation of the president's first Supreme Court nominee, Sonia Sotomayor, and 37% opposed it.

A delay may not be in Kagan's interest. In a we won't be fooled again moment after Justice's Sotomayor's vote in MacDonald v Chicago the NRA has come out against the Kagan nomination.