Maybe neither Estrada nor President Bush wanted the appointment to be temporary.
I tend to think, based on the history of this President, that he has either decided not to die on this hill, or more likely, has something up his sleeve and will use this to further humiliate his opponents.
I tend to agree that this is a Pyrrhic victory for the RATS. In the long run.....especially with an election year coming......this is going to make the them look very bad to the (presently unaware) American public.
Well it makes Republicans look gutless. How many times are the Republicans going to roll over and keep taking it up the arse from the Dems??? Isn't anyone else sick of this? For the love of pete! Republicans have the majority- mandated by the people. Yet, they sit back and act like a bunch of sissy marys. It's sickening, really. The second thing that must happen (after Pubbies grow a collective spine) is the RINOS must go. Period.