Bending the Third Rail
Because We Should, We Can, We Do
Monday, April 03, 2006
Schmucks
At least according to Joe Klein:
A series of terrible leadership moves have ensued. There was Frist’s effort to deploy the "nuclear option" — that is, to perform radical surgery on the Senate’s filibuster rules in order to allow votes on President Bush’s more extreme judicial appointments. But the nuclear option was thwarted when 14 Senate moderates cut a deal to keep the rules and allow votes on some of the appointees. "We saved him on that," said a G.O.P. staff member involved in the negotiations. "Frist never had the votes he needed for the nuclear option."
This makes me so freakin' angry. If Klein and his source have it right (and that is somewhat of an "if"), Democrats again have proven how spineless they really are. A loss on the filibuster issue would have been a strategic victory. But to have Frist fail at the "nuclear option" would have clipped the wings of the Congressional GOP a long time ago. Instead, we've had a minimum of two conservative judges slide through confirmation, and any number of legislative setbacks.

ARRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHH
Written at 2:44 PM by Greyhair.
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