I'm glad that everyone is happy that Dobson is upset and all.
But, just as an average citizen, I read the agreement by the fourteen senators and I don't get what the big hoop-de-do is about, coming from either side.
Victory or defeat - It's hard for an average citizen to tell. And I read a lot, too!
It seems to me that 14 senators promised to vote for 3 of Bush's extremist judicial nominees.
It seems to me that 14 senators said they'd reserve their right to decide whether or not to vote for two other of Bush's extremist judicial nominees. (A right I didn't think they had to reserve, already owning it as members of a legislative body committed constitutionally to advise and consent the executive branch in matters of nominees as part of a system of checks and balances.)
It seems to me that they reserved their right to go ahead and follow the rules of the last 200 years on the filibuster in other matters.
It seems to me they said they'd oppose any rules changes IN THIS SESSION that would force a judicial vote.
Then they asked everyone to play nice.
So - Bush got three out of five of his extremist judges elected to the bench.
A big question I have is this:
Can ONLY fourteen senators change the rules of the senate regarding ANYTHING, even if only for one session?
It seems to me that a bunch of time and money was wasted.
And everyone is more pissed off than they were before.
And there are three more extremist federal judges than there were before.
And - I don't care what the other side thinks happened, the Democrats who signed that piece of paper should be voted out of office ASAP.
Not one more inch.