[Howlin]

Here is the deal: up and down votes and no nuke.

[Steven W.]

Schumer "blowing up the Senate, near literally at least" ... talking about temper tantrums? unbelievable!

[small voice in the wilderness]

Is that the actual deal? Reid can't be happy with that. lol

[Soul Seeker]

LOL That would would work.

Frist's proposal is the only one I've seen that is acceptable. For some reason some of these Republicans think they can keep media adulation, defy the Party, and still keep their senate seats. I suppose they believe we're like the Democrats that vote for party above all else. Uh, no. We have principles. If we betrayed those principles we'd become what we despise.

They betray us, they lose.

[Political Junkie Too]

I'd think that, in the end, the Democrats want to keep the filibuster because of the money that NARAL just spent in investigating 30 potential Supreme Court justices (as reported by Robert Novak the other day). Any option that removes the filibuster will have wasted that investment. So, a deal that gives the Democrats something that they'd preserve on their own anyway (by not filibustering when the vote comes to avoid the nuclear option) would be the Republicans giving away the store when they don't have to.

-PJ