Decius wrote:
] ] Uder the deal, the Democrats agreed to accept cloture
] ] votes on three of President Bush's judicial nominees:
] ] Priscilla R. Owen, Janice Rogers Brown and William
] ] Pryor.
] ]
] ] The Democrats made no commitments regarding
] ] two other conservative judicial nominees, Henry Saad and
] ] William Myers.
]
] Hrm. Most of the stuff I have been reading has focused on Owen
] and Brown as being the most contentious nominees, rather then
] Saad and Myers. (Although Myers in particular seems to have a
] lot of people up in arms.)
]
] I'm not sure what the democrats have gained here. A promise
] not to use the nuclear option is rather empty if there are no
] fillibusters to nuke, and this deal seems unenforceble. There
] is nothing to stop the Republicans from going back on their
] word once these nominees are approved and a Supreme Court
] position comes up. Taking a politician at his word seems like
] a dumb idea. By the time this comes back around most will not
] remember this debate and a little bit of spin will be all
] thats needed to deal with those that do.
]
] Democrats: 0 Republicans:
] 100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

The Dems tries to end filibusters a few years ago when they had control. So whoever has control can play this card - I think they should just end the filibuster or bring the count down to 51 votes required instead of 60.

I mean, if you have a majority you have a majority. The people elected the Rep's into office and into a majority for a reason.

RE: Senators Reach Deal on Filibuster