LOL....Don't pop an artery...but don't be surprised when all is said and done ALL options are covered. As for talking to then...I doubt he will other than any normal conversations, questions, favors are asked of any Senator.
It's politics and it's "bidness"...you get done what you have to get done to get what you want...maybe it's a half of a loaf today...take the rest next time.
None of us were there this past week...we do not know the true feelings of each of the Republican Senators...Bush needs other legislation to pass...if he wants it done he needs to play to all of them.
Please don't lecture me...I know and understand this stuff thoroughly. There's compromise and then there's a POWER GRAB. This was the latter.
No, none of us were there. And when/IF I get some inside info, I'll just keep it to myself. The last time I shared on FR, nobody believed what I posted.
If the president gives away judicial nominees, in order to get something else, that would NOT be a " compromise", but a total cave. He saw what compromise got his father ( denial for a second term and vilification ),so I doubt he'd make that kind of a mistake now.