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

Daily Pundit has posted extensive quotes from Orrin Hatch, Dick Morris and Bruce Fein which seem to indicate the willingness of the Bush administration to sacrifice the confirmation of conservative judges in return for "bipartisan" assistance in passing legislation such as social security reform, tort reform and environmental legislation by not waging an all out fight against the filibuster. I really hope this reading of the administration's strategy and intentions is incorrect. If President Bush has learned anything in the past four years it should be that he has not gotten one vote in the Congress by giving in on anything.

I remember reading stories similar to this one several times over the past four years, but instead of President Bush giving up on his nominees and consulting with Democrats about "more acceptable" options, Bush renominated those he nominated originally and vowed to fight for them. Hopefully that will continue to be the case. (Link above via Ace of Spades.)