When the discussion on filibuster came up in the Roberts nomination and the gang of 14 made the compromise to not filibuster except under extreme conditions you crowed how this was a major victory for Harry Reid and the Democratic Party and showed Frist to be a powerless leader. At the same time you pooh-poohed the people who disagreed with you when they said that we lost the momentum in the public opinion about Republicans abusing their confirmation powers and that the filibuster is useless unless used.
In my recollection it boiled down to a wait and see attitude. One that stated Roberts wasn't so bad and the gang of 14 saved the filibuster for when Bush nominated someone more conservative than Roberts and not like O'Connor.
So Kos I repeat DID WE WIN. The Democrats rolled over yet again not even using the filibuster the gang of 14 supposedly saved for a more critical fight. Alito is now justice for life. Now the court is more rightwing then it has been in decades. What new rulings are in the offing with Alito, Roberts, Scalia, and Thomas. Also, now Alito is the new standard for what is extreme conditions. What happens if another justice drops. We can't filibuster anyone to the left of Alito.
If this is winning then I don't want to WIN anymore. We need new leadership to fight the rightwing agenda and if the Democratic party cannot develop a spine to provide this leadership they are useless and a new party is needed.