[Eric in the Ozarks]

Well, he certainly is good at running out the clock on himself, then.

[Alberta's Child]

As far as the Senate confirmation process is concerned, nothing has changed in the last two weeks, two months, or two years . . . except that three Bush nominees will face an up-or-down vote and will likely be confirmed -- probably by wide margins.

For the life of me, I can't understand how this amounts to a scenario where "the GOP got screwed on this one."