[goldstategop]

That's true. But tell me: having conceded three judges they labeled "extreme," the Democrats now have to tell their base and the rest of the country what makes equally conservative SCOTUS nominees "extreme." If the Democrats thought these people shouldn't get a vote, they shouldn't have made a deal. They should have let the Republicans get their constitutional option and then run on the issue of extreme Republican judges in '06. That would have been the principled thing to do. I can't imagine over on DU they're taking this well. Its as much as a betrayal of them as many here perceive it to be a betrayal of us.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[Teslas Pigeon]

I hope you are right of course. And I guess I might have overstated my case. It is possible if the seat that is up at the Supreme Court is one of the conservative ones, they might not filibuster. But if O'Connor or anyone to the left of her leaves the court, and Bush nominates a Scalia type Jurist, I can guarantee a filibuster.

I hope when the time comes, the Repubs point out, as you did, that the Dems already allowed through some equally conservative judges.