THE DEAL [Mark R. Levin]
As I see it, we've gained 3 judges we would have gained had the rule been changed, lost 2 we would have otherwise gained, and the filibuster lives, only to be triggered if an "extraordinary" candidate -- i.e., an originalist -- who is nominated by the president, approved by the ABA, and is voted out of committee reaches the Senate floor.
He misses the point of the potentiality of JRB....We have also, if she turns out to be the one, gained the upper hand in the everyoneknowsitscoming SCOTUS fight.
Also, if She is indeed the one, the Pubbies will look downright Justified in going Nuclear immediately.