[Victoria Delsoul]

So the deal is signing an agreement pledging “mutual trust and confidence.” God Almighty!

This is from Drudge:

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.

So we're back where we were before.

[warsaw44]

This troubles me...I've been reading FR over the last few months and it appears there is a lot of anger at the Republicans.

Between the issue of illegals and our party not having the guts to pull the nuclear trigger I fear a serious backlash.

Third party type backlash. The type which guarantees a split in party votes and a Dem Victory in '08.

[Alberta's Child]

So we're back where we were before.

Exactly. I'm not sure where this is all headed, but I'd be curious to see how it plays out when a judicial nomination is deemed "extraordinary" by a Democrat on that committee.