[torchthemummy]

"Because an originalist is not going to make law from the bench, and JRB is an originalist, the donks will say that putting her in the position to sit on the SCOTUS is extream, and the filibuster is justified. The RINOS, if bound by their pledge, are powerless to vote for the constitutionl option until the 106th. Nothing good will come of this. Nothing.

The bottomline is that "extreme circumstances" is not defined and gives the RINOS some wiggle room, a wiggle being inspired by plummeting numbers among conservative voters in their respective home states.

[howlingmule]

Mccain is the leader of this revolt and he is going to side with the dems on every "extraordinary" event!!!

[Truth Table]

The bottomline is that "extreme circumstances" is not defined and gives the RINOS some wiggle room...

The RINOS have no wiggle room because they pledged not to vote for the option for the rest of this session, regardless of the circumstances they find themselves in vis a vis judges. Suppose that a rino did consider a nominee mainstream but the donks consider the nominee extreme? The RINOS have left themselves powerless to deploy the nuke.

In short we, get three judges and the donks keep the right to filibuster but we do not have the right to nuke the filibuster. This was all around a bad deal for our side, I think.