Your letter was read on the air this morning by Mr. Coleman. I heard it on the way to work. Needless to say, he thought it was pretty funny.

Me, I think you are overreacting. I think that we Democrats will eventually come up on the wrong end of this deal.

Regardless of what Frist did (I don't think he had the votes), we agreed to let 3 judges go through that we previously blocked. What ground do we have to stand on in future judicial nominations? How can we possibly define "extraordinary circumstances" if we gave up the ground on Judge Owen?

What will this do for Republicans (esp conservative ones)?

1- It will provide incentive for the base to get "better" candidates in future primaries
2- You will have massive amounts of Democratic leaders on record concerning the 3 judges that passed. Feel free to use them in any case when the Bush Administration decides that its time to send down a judicial nomination with a better Bar Association record than Judge Owen.
3- If Bush nominates another "questionable" judge, how can we Democrats possibly filibuster? This deal lacks any semblance of understanding of the way this White House works. The White House will test the boundaries of this deal as soon as possible. They have the balls to call the bluff. When this happens, the nuclear option goes back on the table and we Democrats have very little room to argue because...hey, we already cut a deal.
4- This cleared the way for the Republican high ground on Supreme Court nominees...especially with the parental consent case on the docket.

Cheer up, you lost 1 week of good press and you are going to win the war with the Supreme Court nomination.

I think we can both agree that political moderates suck. What the hell was the point of the last...oh, 5 years if we are just going to cut a deal and nothing really changes? Moderate policy decisions...good. Moderate political decisions in times of extreme importance...not so much.

Mitch,
Take a pill and quit blogging today. Every post makes you look like a bigger dope than the one before.

Are you trying to be funny or something?

Sponge,

Could be.

Blogesota,

Funny!

Plus, this just ensures that you won't have an unacceptable twit as your candidate in 08. Frist can't lead and McCain...well, he's kind of crazy. If only Pawlenty wasn't so silly with the whole "fee" thing...