Unless I see some amazing text in the next few hundred posts, I sure ain't voting.
Why bother?
Why don't you wait to make a judgement until the first filibuster happens on a Bush nominee? Three anathemas to the civilized world have just been accepted by the Demoncrats.
Depends what state you are in. If you are in a state with one of these Traitors I would vote. I'd even add hagel's name to the list since we know he would have been one of them if not for an '06 election.
I want vengance.
It's clear the 14 run the Senate. It's clear we don't have a majority, enither do the Democrats. Only an unelected 14 cabal. I want every single one of them to pay.
As to the rest, I don't blame Frist and the Republicans ready to do this...but the 14 just sapped any care I once had. Maybe I'll recover, maybe I won't, but right now I no longer give a damn.
Here's what this "Moderate" agreement says: We'll stop using the filibuster to block judges and go back to the previous 214 year tradition and you won't change the Rules to formalize the tradition.
The result is the same in practice as if we had formalized the Rules change to make the tradition crystal-clear. We still will not see filibusters of judicial nominees going forward except maybe a very rare case. If the moderate Democrats go right back to stonewalling judicial nominees using filbusters, these seven Democrats will be the ones who breached the agreement first.
This is not a big deal. I have predicted for months that the Democrats would allow votes if they thought they would lose the "nuke" vote. They will not be filibustering any more. (If they break their promise, the nuke option happens still).
I am sorry you are disappointed but you must admit, the Republicans have shown some major spine in the last week on this that we haven't seen in a long, long time. According to Frist's statment, ALL options, including the nuclear one, are still on the table. The agreement doesn't change that. We have 3 judges that will be voted on and confirmed and I predict the other two will get a vote as well. If nothing else, the Republicans have seen, maybe for the first time, the true nature of their opponent. The fight will re-commence down the road. Our side will be stronger because of what happened today.