The compromise
By This is a completely instant reaction with no reflection, but it doesn’t seem that great to me. It’s not like appellate court judges don’t have a real impact. I’ll be happier if Lindsay Graham is correct and one of the Pryor/Owen/Brown gets voted down. Perhaps I’m being naive in thinking we actually had a chance of winning the post-nuclear PR war. We did last time GOP hubris shut things down.
On the other hand, the sound of wingnut heads exploding across this great land is music to my ears. Eat your own, boys, eat your own.
Update: I’m on Harry Reid’s mailing list for some reason and I just got this in my in-box:
I offered Senator Frist several options similar to this compromise, and
while he was not able to agree, I am pleased that some responsible
Republicans and my colleagues were able to put aside there differences and
work from the center.
So is part of the strategy to embarrass Frist, and paint him as the incompetent that he is, thus assuring he draws fire from all sides?