This Telegraph writer is an idiot.
>>"Republican Senate leaders are planning to curb the cherished American political tradition of the filibuster"
That VERY first sentence proves this moron has no idea what he is talking about. The Republicans are NOT trying to "curb the cherished filibuster." They are stopping the Dems from MISUSING it!!!
YES!!!
This needs to be shouted!
This is just about preventing the minority on the nominating committee from filibustering nominees they don't like, thus denying them a simple up or down vote on the floor of the senate.
The circulation of misinformation on this has astounded me. I mean this comes after the media's misinformation that Terri Schiavo was on life support and in a persistent vegetative state.