[Tumbleweed_Connection]

It's not a 100% victory, but now Owens, Pryor, and Brown will get their seats on the federal courts.

Our victory would have been a public fight to defeat these nominees. The liberals have now eliminated minority scars from their attacks as well as defeating the conservatives. For us this was total and disgraceful loss for not only today but the future. The courts are/should be priority one.

[hispanichoosier]

The courts are/should be priority one.

Two points: First, it is problematic that both sides view the federal courts as so important. I think the framers of our constitution would be very disappointed that we have made such a fuss over the judicial branch and allowed arguments over that branch to become a focus of our national debate. The debate itself shows how much importance the elected branches of gov't are affording to the sole non-elected branch.

Second, is there a problem with taking a partial victory (7 nominee up/down votes) instead of risking a backlash from the vast majority of sheeple in America that listen to the MSM? I've said it time and time again, we have to be willing to win incrementally just like the leftists. If you win enough incremental skirmishes, you eventually win outright.