Be Afraid..Be Very Afraid by Dr. T

I'm convinced Republicans don't know how to be winners. Ever since the "Contract with America", they have been a glowing disappointment and true to form, they have disappointed again. The so called "compromise" orchestrated by 7 Republicans along with 7 Democats never should have happened. The Republicans allowed the minority party to circumvent the rules. The filibuster has NEVER been used in this way against judicial nominees. The procedure in this case is an up or down vote. But since the Dems are not the majority they didn't have the numbers so they threatened to "change the rules". The Republicans could have done either of two things, first, pass a procedural rule that would have disallowed judicial filibuster(though this is already the case) or, they could have held the Democrats' feet to the fire. In other words, let them have at it, you want to filibuster, do it...take days, stand dead on your feet and blow hot air till you drop. So what did the majority party do? They caved and to add insult to injury they actually will be out on the circuit bragging about the good job they've done.

In reality they have set us up for bigger problems in the future. Everyone knows that what the Democrats can't accomplish at the voting booth is being accomplished at the hands of activist judges who legislate from the bench. The framers were clear in creating three branches of government to ensure this would not happen. Oh boy, how they must be spinning. This so called "compromise" will reinforce this trend because it allows a filibuster of nominees under "extraordinary circumstances" which we all know will leave the door open for shenanigans in the future.

So my friends, be afraid, be very afraid, little by little, even when our party is in power....we lose.