IMO... Frist is now defining "extraordinary circumstances"

on CSPAN right now....

"if they (democrats) behave by abusing fillibusters, 1 out of 3 or 4, for example, then I'll have to apply the "Constitutional Option"... will remain on the table, but only as a last resort"

Oh yeah... this is going to go well

:rofl:

When are you EVER going to learn.

jesus fucking christ.

You can't form gentlemens' agreements with junkyard dogs. These are Moral Majority "stealth candidates" who got where they are by lying and cheating in the name of their god. They have no honor. They will honor no agreements. They will turn around and stab all those compromisers in the back at the first opportunity, and my guess is that opportunity is quickly approaching.

This was a stupid thing to do, accepting a number of the unacceptable in the hope of keeping peace. There is no peace. This is war against the amoral, the illegal, and the anti American.

And last night he consolidated a lot of power. Frist cant shove anything down the throat of the senate anymore, as much as he is claiming that he can just magically bring the issue up again.

Moderate Republicans are NOT in lockstep with him anymore.

and trust me, even McCain will purr like a contented pussycat if his reelection is threatened.

You can NOT deal with those men. Not now. Not ever.

Just as he did last night.

How do you call that doing their bidding?

and more.

They want hard-core Roe V Wade overturning Supreme Court justices. Now Democrats and a handful of moderate pro-choice Republicans now WONT ALLOW THAT.

And if they TRY, we can FILIBUSTER!

What they wanted was to blow up the Senate so they could push though whoever they wanted. We didn't allow that to happen. THEY LOST.

He's never going to win the nomination. He already hacked them off by talking about compromise, brokering it put the nail in his coffin.

There are seven Republicans in this compromise.

The Republicans have fifty five Senators.

All that needs to happen for the nuclear option to pass is that two of these Republicans drop out. And since the standard for when the Democrats are allowed to filibuster is set so high - - and since currently, the majority of Americans believe that conservative judges are better than liberal ones, and that Smirk will pick the right kind of Supreme Court nominee, there is every chance that two or more of them will side with Frist next time the nuclear option is bandied about.

This is far from over.

He may call for the Nuke Option again, but I doubt the 7 Rep senators who made this deal will back him up.

It's not a leadership agreement. Those 14 Senators have THEIR credibility on the line.

The confirmation of their right to threatend "constitutional option" if we fillibuster for X number of times. They are re defining this agreement, (as ridden with loopholes as it is).

that exists??

No longer say Nuclear Option, replace with Constitutional Option..

Public, so stupid, they'll think it's something else.

BTW, didn't Tweety use this term last night before they did? Guess he got the memo along with them.

since the little asshat coined "nuclear option" in the first place!

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When are we gonna learn you don't make deals with the devil