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By krempasky Posted in Fillibuster — Comments () / Email this page » / Leave a comment »

Much hand-wringing on all sides, in wake of the McCain for President Announcement compromise on judges. Many on both sides think they've lost.

This is a bad deal, no question. It undermines Senator Bill Frist, Senator McConnell - and frankly, the entire Senate leadership.

On the other hand - Democrats are surely screwed. They get their little scalps - Myers and Saad will not soon see the inside of an appellate court. But the Democrats have simply grabbed enough rope to hang themselves.

Why? Because they've defined extraordinary - if not specifically, by who they've "allowed" on the courts to date - and when Chief Justice William Rehnquist retires on June 27th of this year - all President Bush need to do is select one of the 30-some odd appellate juddges confirmed since he took office and elevate him/her to the Supreme Court. In that case, the Democrats have completely surrendered any opportunity to block such a nominee on any grounds.

Plus, it doesn't hurt that Nan Aron, Ralph Neas, Nadine Strossen, and the New York Times will be nursing some wicked headaches in the morning.

P.S. John McCain is dead to me.