[Oliver Optic]

IF Frist gets votes on all seven nominees--whether they are approved or not--then we win without going nuclear.

The agreement, if it stands, means Saad and Myers will not get a vote.

They are specifically excluded from the non-filibuster agreement.

The Dems will filibuster them and it will not violate the agreement. Therefore it will not trigger the "nuclear" option ... and if it does, the RINO seven will vote against the nuclear option.

[LisaFab]

From the agreement:

B. Status of Other Nominees. Signatories make no commitment to vote for or against cloture on the following judicial nominees: William Myers (Ninth Circuit) and Henry Saad (Sixth Circuit).

If the Dems filibuster them under 'extraordinary circumstances' then we are back to where we were yesterday except that Graham and Dewine said they will vote for the nuclear option.

This deal is a non-starter.