[harpo11]

The repubs are so keen on gentlemanly behavior and senate tradition that they even allowed that nasty craven Ruth Ginsberg to sit on the SC. What a bunch of idiots. Plowed over by a bunch of socialist lefties who are down and dirty scheming plotters.

The republicans in the senate did today did is what President Bush resolutely refuses and will not do, Thank God, is negotiate with terrorists.

[CharlesWayneCT]

It is fun to presume the evil of democrats, and the nobleness of republicans.

No matter how it is parsed, it is clear that the republicans blocked a lot of Clinton nominees in the 90s. Sure, we had the majority, and that is a very good argument for voting them down -- but we DID take the coward's way out by simply bottling them up, because we didn't WANT to vote.

If this agreement puts an end to the judge wars, I do believe we could get back to where President Bush could nominate the conservative equivalent of Ruth Bader Ginsberg and get confirmation.

I do believe that, whatever else this was, it is a repudiation of the political litmus test for judges.