[penowa]

"What is the big deal?"

We no longer have 50 votes (plus Cheney) to go "nuclear" if we ever did. Those 7 dunces just pledged to NOT vote for the "nuclear" option and to allow the Democrats to fillibuster nominees they (the Dems) find extreme. That is the BIG DEAL.

[watsonfellow]

that is not true. Dewine and graham say that if the dems filibuster future nominations, they will walk away from their pledge to not go nuclear. which means we will have the 51 votes, one more than we need.

[jackbill]

Those 7 dunces just pledged to NOT vote for the "nuclear" option and to allow the Democrats to fillibuster nominees they (the Dems) find extreme. That is the BIG DEAL.

Exactly. Those seven traitorous bastards have totally undercut President Bush and Senator Frist - and the other Republican stalwarts. What a sad bunch of pissants. read the damned agreement at:

http://www.nationalreview.com/pdf/compromise.pdf