[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Another point I'd like to make is this: this agreement is nothing more than a usurpation of powers and I think you are ignoring that part of this situation.

So you believe the Senate has a Central controlling Authority?!!!

[BlessedByLiberty]

No, I'm talking about the fact that:

Bill Frist is Majority Leader,

Spector (like him or not) is Judiciary Chairman

President Bush has Constitutional authority to name whom he wants as a nominee (without prior approval of the Senate Dems and this Foolish Fourteen as is reported their agreement states)

I'm not being confrontational, just seeing this deal as it is - a way for a bunch of malcontents to take power from others, so that they can make themselves the deal brokers.