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

Today's WSJ includes an editorial favoring the nuclear/constitutional/Byrd option to restore the nomination process to its pre-2003 condition. An excerpt:

Mr. Bush's nominees aren't merely being delayed; they are being denied a vote. It may well be that the filibuster flap will cause Democrats to raise the roof and use Senate rules to obstruct other legislation. But the alternative is for Republicans to let a Senate minority dictate who can sit on the federal bench--even after two elections in a row in which Democrats lost Senate seats in part because of the judicial filibuster issue. Elections ought to mean something. If Republicans allow a repeat of the last two years, their own voters will start to hold their timidity against them.

An excellent editorial.