Major Garrett just said the Dims lose on this one. The 3 most conservative judges go through and now if others like them are nominated how can dems call them extreme when the other 3 got through with help from the Dims.
Did I hear Garrett say these are the 3 most conservative judges ever? He can't be serious.
Garrett may report this DEAL as a GOP win but the MSM will say the the DemonRATs won because the filibuster was preserved.
Major Garrett is wrong. The Dims won this battle by getting seven PANTY-WAIST Republicans to continue to allow a filibuster on four--more than half--of the judges.
The Dims will now go into full personal attack mode, and, I believe, may convince some of these wusses in the GOP to vote AGAINST the three they are "allowing" to get a vote.
Absolute CRAP is what McLame and Warner and Byrd have hashed out. Old Sheets and his Klan-like ways have influenced Republicans. Sickening.
"Major Garrett just said the Dims lose on this one. The 3 most conservative judges go through and now if others like them are nominated how can dems call them extreme when the other 3 got through with help from the Dims."
The Demagogues can call anyone 'extreme' anytime they want to. Consistency and rationality are not required of leaders in the Demagogic Party - in fact, they would be great impediments. I'm glad at least that Owen, Brown, and Pryor should finally be getting confirmation votes, but this just postpones the real battle to another day. As long as the Demagogues are willing to abuse the Senate tradition by filibustering any nominee there will still be the need for the "constitutional option" - unless the Rs really are complete wusses....
It sounds that way to me...But try to tell that to the naysayers and backbiters who are flocking to this thread to look for any reason to tear down the Republican Party.
I think this is at the very least a tactical retreat by the Democrats, but they're base is so stupid (as is some of our base) that the Dems will spin this as a victory. It doesn't seem like much of a victory for them when our three most conservative judges get on the bench.
Actually, hysterics on our side are just what is needed now: if the Senate Republicans get the message that the base is not only mad, but not going to support them any more because of this, perhaps they will get the backbone to say "ok, we made a deal with our colleagues, but the next time they filibuster a nominee, NUKE TIME without further ado"