[ZULU]

"The Dems promised to only filibuster in EXTREME CIRCUMSTANCES. "

Yes. And WHAT, pary, constitues "EXTREME" to the likes of Reid, Schumer, Clinton et al???

McCain and his bunch are traitors and idiots - or we are the idiots if we think this is going to help conservative judges get appointed.

[Publius6961]

EXTREME CIRCUMSTANCES = Any canditade that will not support perverts, abortion, world government, unbridled spending and illegal aliens without qualification!

(all or none!)

[JRochelle]

I think the EXTREME meaning is for the moderates to decide. Like Pryor and Nelson. This was also a loss for the democrat liberals like Leahy, Shummer, and Kennedy.

[Dave S]

"The Dems promised to only filibuster in EXTREME CIRCUMSTANCES.

And the Republicans promised not to vote for the nuclear option UNLESS they felt the Dems were filibustering in non extreme cases. Nothing has changed except we have gotten the three most conservative judges guaranteed a seat on the bench. Now if the three conservative judges are not fillibusterable, someone really has to have some flaw other than ideology to be be considered an extreme case. The Dems may have have some cover for their backing away but they have made it harder to filibuster in the future.