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“If filibusters again erupt UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES OTHER THAN EXTRAORDINARY , we will put the Constitutional option back on the table and move to implement it.

Soul Seeker, those our your man's ACTUAL words on the Senate Floor. They're a matter of record. He used the word "extraordinary" as a pre-condition to the constitutional option. If he didn't know what the word extraordinary meant, why did he insert it into the Senate record as a modification of his ability to call for the nuclear option?

And beyond that, as you may know, Mr. Bolton went down again today, though he received 56 votes. Why didn't Mr. Frist call for the nuclear option as to Dubya's nominee to the UN?

Certainly, if he's such a strong and capable leader, he's not going to allow the DEMS to thwart the will of the majority?

On second thought, I bet he does nothing. He's still trying to figure out the definition of the word "majority".

I thought this was about the principle, and not about the judges? If that's the case, he should be calling for the rules change and getting it over with for ALL the appointees. 56 votes up, and Frist still rolls over on the Constitution. I'm sure it's because he's such a strong leader and these circumstances are so EXTRAORDINARY. /sarc

That or John Bolton doesn't have what Janice Brown or Priscilla Owens had, immunity from Rat charges of sexism, racism, homophobia, etc., by minority status. Not that ANY of the other nominees have that PR going for them now. We know that PR wasn't at all on RINO and Rat minds when they made this great 'deal.' /sarc

But at least we got Owens and Brown, two judges we were guaranteed to get through already, appointed. At least we got Pryor, a judge we were guaranteed to get through already if the rules were changed, appointed. Never mind the future SCOTUS appointment we threw away in the process, and never mind the future appointments the Rats will continue to filibuster successfully--the Rats and RINOs got to draw blood and make it look good with the help of their apologists here. We don't need to appoint white male conservatives anyway, the GOP is all about making sure that affirmative action is alive and well in the judiciary and the RNC. /bitter sarcasm