[ken5050]

Excellent synopsis..thanks..allow me to point out one aspect of Frist's comments that have escaped notice. The timing is very important. Spector has asked for a meeting with the GOP Judiciary committee members next week. IMHO, itnseems incumbent upon Arlen, BEFORE that meeting..to speak out publicly about Frists's comments..to say loud and clear that he agrees with and supports them. If he doesn't, he's toast..

[Pharlap]

Your point is well taken. Specter, or whoever will become Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, should fully support the Rule change, and agree to vote for its adoption as a precondition to being voted Chairman. In the current Senate, there has been testimony before both the Rules and the Judiciary Committees on the constitutionality of filibustering judicial nominations. That esoteric discussion is no longer the critical to the resolution of the filibustering of judicial nominations. The change to Rule XXII, as a process or procedural matter, is now the paramount matter for Senate consideration.