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How Appealing lists the latest filibuster news and opinion. Plus the Sioux City Journal reports that conservative leaders in Iowa have written a follwup letter regarding judicial filibusters to potential presidential candidates:

"As stated in our earlier correspondence, we are still asking for an up or down vote on all qualified nominees," the letter said. "Any compromise that stops short of this goal is unacceptable."

It's just rude for the Senate not to give a straight answer to nominees who have made it through committee to the Senate floor. A filibustered piece of legislation doesn't care about the interminable controversy, but a filibustered nominee certainly does. There couldn't be a better way to discourage qualified people from public service.