Princeton students' FilibusterFrist.com: "Victory!"

http://www.princeton.edu/~petehill/victory.shtml

Victory!

The Senate has agreed to preserve the filibuster. This is a victory for the students and citizens who worked so hard and spoke so eloquently in support of our democratic system of checks and balances. We congratulate all of them and we thank all of them. We also thank the many people who supported what became a national movement, a genuine expression of the electorate. Did they listen to us? It's hard to say. But no one can question that we were heard and we, students of all political persuasions, achieved our goal.
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We thank students for making phone calls, writing letters, and speaking in public against the nuclear option. You let the undecided Senators know what the right decision was.

We are not, however, ready to thank Senator Frist or his allies for their distasteful and ill-considered threats. They used the integrity of our system of governance as a bargaining chip to accomplish their short-term political gain. Because of their actions, the system of checks and balances has been tarnished. The federal bench may now have on it three judges who could not win the support of a mere 60 Senators. This is the moment when all of us as citizens must inform ourselves about the nominees and communicate our conclusions to our elected officials. This is the beginning, not the end, of this particular democratic process.
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The bulk of the Senate opposed rule changes. The bulk of the Senate agreed that the President should consult the Senate in the act of choosing his nominees. These are both victories for the students who participated in mock filibusters all over the country. These are victories for all citizens in the United States of America.

Sponsored by:
Mercer County Democracy for America
Princeton College Democrats
The Idealistic Nation
Campus Progress
We would also like to thank People for the American Way for their assistance.

http://www.princeton.edu/~petehill/victory.shtml