Don't have a source on this since it just occured to me as I was reading through some articles on the Nuclear Option.
Frist and Reid can strike an agreement on 5 judicial nominees; Rove and Dobson get Owen through, and a couple others. We celebrate for preserving the filibuster and not getting all the nominees through.
But now that there's apparently already a short list for the inevitable Supreme Court vacancies, who can honestly believe that they won't try to kill the filibuster again if we threaten one on the SC nominees?
Seriously. I don't mean to be a tinfoil-hatter, because I think it's an honest reality that the Republicans will reneg on this agreement if they think they won't get their way again. They've done it before and they'll do it again.
My worst fear is that we're believing the Republicans on keeping their word on the nuclear option, with no guarantee they won't bring it out again in a few months, only this time with Owens all ready on the bench and a couple of SC nominees on the docket.
Will we compromise again? Or will we finally learn to not take the GOP on its word?