[Kenny Bunkport]

So nothing's changed. Or, rather, we get Owen, Brown, and Pryor, and then the Dems will take up the filibuster again, charging "extradinary circumstances," with the hope that because they let three through, they'll regain the PR advantage and this time make the filibuster stick. That's how I'm reading it.

[advance_copy]

we get Owen, Brown, and Pryor, and then the Dems will take up the filibuster again, charging "extradinary circumstances," with the hope that because they let three through, they'll regain the PR advantage and this time make the filibuster stick.

Yep. But if Frist is smart he'll hold off on Saad and Myers. Maybe then let Bush nominate Rogers-Brown or Owen to the Supreme Court after they've been confirmed for the circuit court. Run the nuclear option on that.

[rmgatto]

So nothing's changed. Or, rather, we get Owen, Brown, and Pryor, and then the Dems will take up the filibuster again, charging "extradinary circumstances," with the hope that because they let three through, they'll regain the PR advantage and this time make the filibuster stick. That's how I'm reading it.

I think you are absolutely right. The dems traded three nominees for a potentially more favorable PR climate in a future fight. If Frist is a smart tactician, he'll keep moving the others through quickly so as not to give the dems an opportunity to make up their usual fiction about what has just happened.

[hocndoc]

I want this to be true. I'm not sure, though.

Sometimes it all begins to look like wrestling: the winners are set up in advance, and there's a lot of hollering, posturing, and fake grunts.

I do want to see what happens when these 3 come up for votes.


And it will be interesting to see what counts as "extraordinary."

I wonder if we should try Estrada (or Bork) to find out.