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BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: The Wall Street Journal editorial is with us to do on this whole mess, and it mentions a point that we touched on yesterday. The title of their editorial: "A Remarkable Exercise In Political Self-Protection." They call this compromise a charade. "This ballyhooed 'compromise' is all about saving the Senators themselves, not the Constitution. Its main point is to shield the group of 14 from the consequences of having to cast difficult, public votes in a filibuster showdown," and I think that's right on the money. We're talking about moderates here, who are scared to death to...

BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: If we can't even control who is appointed to the Supreme Court when the Republicans have the presidency and the Senate, then we never will. If we can't control who gets on the Supreme Court when we have the White House and the Senate, we never, ever will. Let me ask you this: If the Democrats had the White House and the Democrats controlled the Senate, do you think that they would be surrendering their power for judiciary appointments? Hell no! We are. We are, because of seven renegades, six of whom I can't begin to explain...