[jocon307]

The optimistic view is all based on the dims keeping their word and being reasonable in the future. There is no good reason to think they will do so. And they still figure the MSM is their ace in the hole.

[PJ-Comix]

The optimistic view is all based on the dims keeping their word and being reasonable in the future. There is no good reason to think they will do so.

But here's the deal. IF the Democrats break their word (a good assumption) then McCain and most of the other RINOs will beel obligated to vote to end judicial filibusters in the future. That vote which was averted by the deal will be brought up again only this time it will be passed with support from the RINOs who were recalcitrant this time due to the Democrats breaking their word. Think forward about two chess moves.

[Graybeard58]

The optimistic view is all based on the dims keeping their word and being reasonable in the future. There is no good reason to think they will do so. And they still figure the MSM is their ace in the hole.

I tend to agree with you that there's very little chance of the dims keeping their word but the MSM has lost and continues to lose credibility and relevance every day.

I well remember the days when that old communist Walter Cronkite was considered by most Americans as the most trusted journalist in the country and could always be relied on to carry the dim agenda forward.

[Molly Pitcher]

Exactly! A win against the Dems happens NOW....not with promises about some future event.

[Obadiah]

The optimistic view is all based on the dims keeping their word and being reasonable in the future. There is no good reason to think they will do so. And they still figure the MSM is their ace in the hole.

You nailed it.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

The optimistic view is all based on the dims keeping their word and being reasonable in the future. There is no good reason to think they will do so.

Exactly. The only thing you can count on from them is that they will not follow the rules or be true to their word. And if chicanery doesn't get them what they want, they'll change the rules again.
I expect to hear a lot of whining in the future from the left side of the aisle about "I never signed that agreement".

[Alberta's Child]

But if the Democrats don't hold up their end of the bargain, there's no way in hell those seven GOP senators would go along with them. Maybe one or two would, but for most of them (particularly Graham, Warner, and DeWine) it would be political suicide for them to stand up and publicly side with the Democrats in the U.S. Senate and uphold a filibuster against a Bush nominee.

If you have any doubts about that, just look at how utterly invisible Arlen Specter -- one of the most liberal members of the U.S. Senate from either party -- has been in this whole thing.