Mighty weapon? Explain how they have been handed a mighty weapon? The proponents arguments always contain bluster but not much else. Please do explain.
Bluster! There was plenty of that here over the past few weeks and not much practical politics. Now we have no right to demand a fair up or down vote for anyone since we ourselves denied it to Miers. The left knows they can filibuster the next nomination saying "Bush gave in to the rapid right wing cabal" of the Republican party - they will raise a ton of campaign money for '06 on this fear alone and our candidates will be forced away from the right not toward the right. We've threatened and PO'ed RINOs who now won't feel any pressure at all to support the dream candidate that everyone hoped for, in fact they will want to show their independence. I hope I'm wrong, I don't expect I am. How many Senate votes do you think your "real conservative" candidate can count on?