[jwalsh07]

Your analysis is two hundred posts late my friend. :-}

But I am very pleased we see this exactly alike.

[rollo tomasi]

Republicans should change their mascot from an elephant to a eunuch.

[FreedomNeocon]

TALES FROM THE DU SIDE

mzmolly (1000+ posts)
Mon May-23-05 08:42 PM
Response to Original message

2. This is the main reason I see it as a victory.


The agreement said future nominees to the appeals court and Supreme Court should "only be filibustered under extraordinary circumstances," with each Democrat senator holding the discretion to decide when those conditions had been met.


"In light of the spirit and continuing commitments made in this agreement," Republicans said they would oppose any attempt to make changes in the application of filibuster rules.


Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., swiftly noted he had not been a party to the deal, which fell short of his stated goal of winning yes-or-no votes on each of Bush's nominees. "It has some good news and it has some disappointing news and it will require careful monitoring," he said,


Democratic leader Harry Reid of Nevada seemed more receptive — although he hastened to say he remains opposed to some of the nominees who will now likely take seats on federal appeals courts.



We could have easilly lost it ALL here, we retained the right to filibuster and this may have lasting impact on the US Supreme Court.