[cogitator]

The real big problem I had is "what happens if the Constitutional option failed?" There are FIVE SOLID NOs against the Constitutional option. There are 4 or 5 unknown. This was too close. Failure would be a disaster and really cause problems.

Lindsey and I are/were on the same page. The nuclear/Constitutional option was not a slam-dunk, and losing would have meant a persistence of the status quo. Getting the three most "extreme" judges a vote and likely confirmation, plus the restraint of making a judicial filibuster radioactive (pardon the metaphor) for the Dems:

this is a win, folks. The status quo has been altered in significant favor of the Republicans.

[cicero's_son]

this is a win, folks. The status quo has been altered in significant favor of the Republicans.

Bingo.

And it is also a clear signal to the base--us--that we have the votes needed to get our Supreme Court nominees voted on and appointed.

[Bush 100 Percent]

The problem is that he took on all kinds of things, like vote counts, that WERE NOT HIS JOB. Every senator does not know the overall picture and the fact that he did not know that he could equally cause damage to the voters, his party, and the remaining 48 senators makes me wonder how he ever got to be a senator in the first place. I hope he is as naive as he sounds and is not just trying to play it both ways. No matter, he is still a baby playing with wolves.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

this is a win, folks. The status quo has been altered in significant favor of the Republicans.

I am coming around to that view, but more needs to play out!