Well, I think the events of yesterday have shown that at least Dewine and Graham will support the nuclear option this Congress if the Democrat "moderates" resume filibustering. And all we need are two. And McCain has also said that he expects the filibustering to be over now. So, this compromise really was a face-saving exercise after all for the Democrats.
The Republicans are going to get up and down votes on their nominees and we will still change the Rules if they insist on blocking judges using the filibuster. The explosive confrontation has been kicked down the road for another day (if needed).
We are going to come out of this fine, and although it would have been better to kill the Rule yesterday and make it clear that judicial filibusters are not allowed, we now have 62 Senators agreeing not to use them as a routine matter. So in both cases the filibuster is dead.
In the very real possibility that three of the moderate Dems decide in the future to start filibusterin again, they will have stabbed their moderate Republican friends in the back and played them for fools. And that will result in payback.
and, as an added bonus, in the legislative calendar, the impact of the GOP moderates will be severely curtailed. Their colleagues won't be so willing to give into them..
Very well stated -- you should do a thread on your comments in bold and maybe some folks on here will understand that the Constitutional Option is not off the table and this time if we use it, the American people will see that the RATs did not keep their word.