[txrangerette]

Hopefully, it is nothing more than they all agree to vote for cloture and proceed under regular order to vote on the Owen nomination, thereby preserving the fiction that they can filibuster later on if they so choose. If it is something we give up that should not be given up, if we snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, the Repubs will rue the day.

[QQQQQ]

You must have missed the earlier thread. The Rogue Republicans sold out the Republican Party and rolled over for the Democrats, in exchange for NOTHING.Read it and weep

Deal averts filibuster showdown

"Under the agreement, Democrats would pledge not to filibuster any of Bush’s future appeals court or Supreme Court nominees except in “extraordinary circumstances.”

For their part, Republicans agreed not to support an attempt to strip Democrats of their right to block votes.

Officials from both parties said the agreement would clear the way for yes or no votes on some of Bush’s nominees but make no guarantee. "

[gidget7]

I agree, if at some time later on they try to filibuster, we can always pull the Constitutional option out again/