Exactly the position we would be in if the Dims just stopped filibustering these nominees
And Leader Frist can and will roll out the Constitutional Option once again.
Though the histrionics posted here are fun to watch, we should allow a measure of common sense to prevail:
- We get our judges confirmed
- The Democrats will have much trouble blocking nominees for being "too conservative" when the three most conservative judges were voted through by them
- The Consititutional Option is still alive for future filibusters, whereas a no vote by these RINOs could have created precedent preventing its use in the future.
Let us not grasp defeat from the jaws of victory. Only the MoveOn types lost in this deal.
I don't understand the anger either...the GOP has been steadily winning elections since 1994 and with the exception of the '98 debacle have played their cards very carefully and deliberately. People need to realize getting Owens and Brown are HUGE, because they both represent areas that the left are scared to death of: a strong woman who isn't a NOW poster-hag and an educated smart articulate minority female with conservative values. I see this as a pretty big GOP win with a Rove-ian smell to it, on the surface it appears as a cave or weakness but dig a little deeper and wait it out before going ballistic. This whole episode has exposed a chasm of weakness in the liberal democrats to the entire nation..let it play out.
First read my long time tag line.
When the time comes for a Supreme Court nomination, if the filibuster is still in play, Bush will nominate one of the woman conservative judges who should get through tomorrow. i.e. Janice Rogers Brown, or Priscilla Owens.
That will make a filibuster less likely, or if the socialists(Dems) do filibuster those women, the dumb Republicans might be able to do away with the filibuster 51-50 since the women judges were already approved by the Senate. - Tom