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By AndrewHyman Posted in Senate Rules — Comments () / Email this page » / Leave a comment »

Ann Woolner has an opinion piece today. Here's a snippet:

April 8 (Bloomberg) -- It is tempting to join in the screaming match between Democrats and Republicans over judicial nominations, so important are the stakes and so outrageous are the claims. It would be easy, indeed, to take sides in the who-started- it argument and declare who has politicized judicial nominations the most. But it would be wrong. At least, it would be counterproductive to any hope for some sort of reasonable solution .... Bush could abandon his mission to remake the judiciary.... This wouldn't be a big concession.

Gag, choke, gasp. Sure, unilateral surrender is a reasonable solution, Ms. Woolner. No more Scalias, no more Thomases, no problem. Giving a Senate minority power to reject judicial nominations for the first time in US history would be the only productive solution. I can't imagine why I ever thought otherwise.