and here's what a Frist aide had to say about it all;
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But Frist, working with allied conservative groups ranging from the Family Research Council to the Judicial Confirmation Network, had invested many months of planning and advocacy to build support for a vote on changing the filibuster threshold.
In the end, there was no vote — and one could hear an inevitable sense of letdown in the voices of conservative activists.
It will be very difficult for First to rebuild the momentum for another effort to overcome Democratic filibusters.
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Everybody should be ashamed of this deal,” said former Frist aide Manuel Miranda, who heads the National Coalition to End Judicial Filibusters. “It dishonors the Constitution; it ignores the mandate of the 2004 election. It’s a horse trade of the worst kind.
The White House has suffered a significant loss. The presidency is diminished as it relates to the Senate.”<snip>
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7957783/(Don't want to hijack your thread, just thought this fit in here well with your article).