the13thfloor

So it seems the end of the filibuster that has held up President Bush's appellate judge nominees for as much as 4 years are going to end in the very near future. From the sounds of the left, Senate majority leader Bill Frist has the votes to kill this abstructionist tactic for good. All of the current talk of comprimise is just a smoke screen from the left. Democrats know that any comprimise will be considered a loss by the conservative base, and the wrath of the base will be bloody. With this in mind, the question is, do Republican senators have the backbone to actually force the hand of the Democrats? I can only hope the preverbial poop hits the fan soon. I am sick and tired of the left making out like the republicans are breaking some sacred oath in changing the rules. I am sick of the misrepresentations by the left of previous conservative use of the filibuster to block Clinton nominees. These are out and out lies and signs of the weakness of the left. A blue card is not a filibuster no matter how you look at it. Just let these people have an up or down vote in the Senate. Do your advice and consent. I am also quite interested to see who, of the elected conservative senators, votes against the constitutional option of changing this rule. I am curious to see if John McCain will stick to his previously stated intent of voting against the rule change. Considering that he has already blown any chance of winning the republican presidential nomination in 2008, he might as well vote nay and then run for the democrat nomination. Chuck Hagel can still save a presidential chance by voting for the rule change. The rest of the RINO senators may want to consider just what a no vote will bring. The base will be mighty pissed if the rules are not changed. What's the point of having a majority if your going to let the minority set the tone and tennor or the battle. If we as a party are not going to make lead then we might as well just vote the weak out and start the whole process over again. My money is on Frist and the truth.