[davidtalker]

NO DEAL. The only reason the Dems are negotiating is because they will lose the floor vote. There is no need to give an inch. This is a dress rehearsal for the SCOTUS confrontation. "Extreme circumstances" allow Dems to filibuster. Forget it. Every nominee will be seen as "extreme" by Kennedy, Schumer, Biden and Sheets.

This is another example of how the NY Times picks "safe" Conservatives for their op-ed writers. Brooks and Tierney are "wienies." They couldn't allow real movement Conservatives on the op-ed page.

[RedRover]

Is John Tierney supposed to be a Conservative??? I read his recent Times Op-Ed on nuclear energy and thought he was reasonably smart--for a Liberal! By Conservative standards, he's a zero. Thanks for putting me straight.