[FairOpinion]

Thanks for posting the full text of the MOU.

It just makes me ill.

If you read it carefully, the ONLY thing the Dems promised is to let 3 (THREE) judges get the up and down vote.

The "extraordinary circumstance" is left to the Dems DISCRETION.

In return for getting THREE judges voted on, the Republicans GAVE AWAY for the duration of the entire Congress the right to eliminate the filibuster on judicial nominees.

As someone pointed out earlier, we have a new majority: the DEMOCRATS, aided and abetted by a bunch of RINO Senators.

I can see 2-3 or 4 defecting to the Democrats, but SEVEN?!

Frist should have kept tighter control on these people. I can't imagine, how 7 Republicans could defect to the Democrats. They DEFIED the will of the people who elected them as Republicans.

[onyx]

Here's the names:

McCain, Lindsay Graham, John Warner, Mike DeWine, Lincoln Chaffee, Susan Collins, Olympia Snowe.

Now, look who didn't join 'em: Spector.
Must not have foud any Scottish law...lol.

[You Dirty Rats]

If you read it carefully, the ONLY thing the Dems promised is to let 3 (THREE) judges get the up and down vote. The "extraordinary circumstance" is left to the Dems DISCRETION. In return for getting THREE judges voted on, the Republicans GAVE AWAY for the duration of the entire Congress the right to eliminate the filibuster on judicial nominees.

The 'Rats can now filibuster all but THREE nominees to the Circuit Court. If they filibuster EVERY SINGLE NOMINEE after that, they have the right to do so, because the interpretation of "extraordinary" is up to each individual Senator. Even in that case, the clear language in Part "B" forbids the 14 from changes the Rules or any interpretations.

It's a total disaster.