Powder stored for what, a Guy Falkes Day? It didn't work then either.
"...and remember to squeeze the trigger gently...."
Yeah sure, aim high, shoot at the sky, NOT.
What makes you think the moderates will ever be "betrayed and outraged"?
Most of us here on FR want these judges passed because they are conservative and will issue sound judgements that we agree with. We assume that all the Republicans think that way.
They don't. What if the moderates who signed this "agreement" really don't care whether conservative judges issue conservative rulings? What if they consider any battle of this nature with overt ideological overtones to be a "distraction" from the "real business" of the Senate? This business includes: sending pork home to the state, presiding over committees, making sure that your donors are happy, getting home in time to attend a cocktail party, and making absolutely certain that others are required to say, "Right this way, Senator sir" to you for another six years?
What we have here is a radical difference in perspective between Senators and the grassroots who elects them.
You may be right. This may have been a way for the Dems to save face. I hope. Too often Republicans have bowed down to the vocal minority. I couldn't listen to the grand standing of the dems who worked this agreement. I got sick.
Posted like a true moderate.
They're coming out of the woodwork here lately.
my energy will be focused on defeating McCain in '08 and underming Dewine and Graham unless they get back on board. Frist gets credit from me to getting this to the point of votes on Brown, Owen and Pyror.
I thought the saying was "KEEP YOUR POWDER DRY"