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

In some selected comments from Senator Specter, CNN finds evidence that majority-supported nominees might be dumped without an up-or-down vote, just so Senators can save face:

"What this is really all about is saving face," the Pennsylvania Republican told CNN. "The institution of the Senate and the protection of minority rights is more important than the entire group [of nominees]."

This sounds like a remarkable break from his previous comments that what the Democrats are doing is a "constitutional revolution." Although he made this previous comment a couple years ago, I still can't imagine that he'd join the revolution, sacrifice nominees, and preserve the filibuster for judicial nominees, merely in order to give the Democrats a way to save face.