Lets Be Clear.
While I agree with Sean, Jib, and James the filibuster deal is a bad one for the conservative movement lets recall who entered into it and note a few things about them. This group with one exception consisted (what was Byrd doing in that gang?) of those senators considered to be "moderate". These people are people afraid of the Mainstream Mastodons (aka the MSM) or are craven appeasers to the MSM. There was only one senator in that group I have respect for and I tell you that senator is not a Republican.
I do believe this is going to end badly for Republicans. The justices we were fighting most vigorously for are going to get their seats a few of the lesser known ones (funny, if a Republican minority held up Henry Saad we'ld be condemned night n day for being bigoted against Arabs, especially these days) are going to get "the deal". How much you want to bet the President's nominee for the SCOTUS is going to be deemed an extremist worthy of being filibustered?
IMO, the only concession we get is the essentially the statement the three being confirmed are not as radical as they have been painted and the Left did put a lot of effort into that cause.
Anyway, the Dems managed to recover from what should have been a very serious mistake. That mistake was not holding their fire until they saw the whites of their eyes. That is, they should not have filibustered these appointments instead held off until the President nominated a supreme court candidate. We all see what is coming now.
This soft and squishy middle is shrinking and I do believe it will be even smaller after 2006. They get their pictures in the paper and glowing warm-fuzzy mentions from the NYT, but the people they really represent are now seething. I do not consider this to be a case of Republicans at large shrinking from the fight.
Update:
*7:33 am 5/24/05
Sean, sorry for lumping you in with those PO'ed about the filibuster. It is not a complete loss nor a complete win. In the overall struggle I think the Dems fumbled badly.
I do believe this is going to end badly for Republicans. The justices we were fighting most vigorously for are going to get their seats a few of the lesser known ones (funny, if a Republican minority held up Henry Saad we'ld be condemned night n day for being bigoted against Arabs, especially these days) are going to get "the deal". How much you want to bet the President's nominee for the SCOTUS is going to be deemed an extremist worthy of being filibustered?
IMO, the only concession we get is the essentially the statement the three being confirmed are not as radical as they have been painted and the Left did put a lot of effort into that cause.
Anyway, the Dems managed to recover from what should have been a very serious mistake. That mistake was not holding their fire until they saw the whites of their eyes. That is, they should not have filibustered these appointments instead held off until the President nominated a supreme court candidate. We all see what is coming now.
This soft and squishy middle is shrinking and I do believe it will be even smaller after 2006. They get their pictures in the paper and glowing warm-fuzzy mentions from the NYT, but the people they really represent are now seething. I do not consider this to be a case of Republicans at large shrinking from the fight.
Update:
*7:33 am 5/24/05
Sean, sorry for lumping you in with those PO'ed about the filibuster. It is not a complete loss nor a complete win. In the overall struggle I think the Dems fumbled badly.
posted by Marcus Aurelius @ 7:20 AM
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