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After backing off from his campaign statement that he would not join Democrat filibusters against judges, Senator Salazar is on the team of moderate Democrats still seeking compromise:

Sen. Ken Salazar, D-Colorado, is working with a bipartisan group of senators trying to avert a showdown over filibuster rules and President Bush's judicial nominees this week. Salazar has joined Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., on a proposed compromise that could clear the way for votes on five of the president's nominees while three others remain blocked.

If he is unsuccessful in his search for a compromise, then he needn't worry about going back on his word not to filibuster. The GOP will save him by mustering the guts and the votes to abolish filibustering against judicial nominations.