Proof Dem's are gonna be screwed by the Filibuster Compromise:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/02/AR2005060201959.html
For all those of us that said you cannot trust the GOP and that the Filibuster compromise was a bad move - the White House is gonna make us seem like prophets!
Nominating 30 or so judges is going to put the "compromise" to a test, and barring a miracle, screw the Dems
Explanation below the fold
With a SCOTUS appointment so ever present, what is the White House going to do? Nominate a bunch of federal judges, pushing the Dem's to either pass them through for confirmation, or claim extraordinary circumstances exist and do a filibuster.
The result? A bunch of conservative judges get approved and hit the bench...or Dem's claim "extraordinary" circumstances on some, many or all of the appointments...of course, thsi defines extraordinary circumstances and if a large number of the judges are filibustered - GOP will claim deal is not workign and invoke the nuclear option and claim the Dem's are just obstructionist
I am not saying the GOP is smarter than the Dem's, but it sure appears they have a strategy that puts ours to shame...or should I say shame on the compromisers...