Dems lose on filibusters

The 11th hour deal to prevent the "nuclear option" is being cast as a victory for Democrats, and I'm left wondering how that could be the case. The most conservative of the Bush judicial nominees will now get their fair up or down vote, meaning the filibuster threshold has been moved. We'll get our votes now. If the Dems filibuster unfairly, the Republicans just go back to the nuclear option. That gun hasn't been unloaded, but merely had the safety activated. Two of the seven Republican defectors are all that are needed, and that shouldn't be hard to get if the Dems start to filibuster again. Republicans will get their votes and reserve the right to filibuster if/when they become the minority sometime in the future.

All of that being said, I'm almost glad it is being cast as a Democrat victory. While they gloat, the Senate will vote. Republicans won the nuclear war without firing a shot. And Democrats seem happy about it. Suckers.