Uh, the article is entirely Democratic-side leaking.

So, take with salt about how this reflects our side. Of course, -any- willingness to "compromise" (read: surrender) this issue is a bad idea, but we'll see.

Have you forgotten the party that is in power right now?

I agree with someone. The disinformation campaign is really starting to crank up now!

Memo to congressional Republicans: No more rope-a-dope with the democrats, lets go for the knockout punch. As General Curtis LeMay used to say, "nuke 'em!"

Scariest line in today's NYTimes...

"Mr. Frist has also been putting together a compromise offer to Democrats, though aides say it is not yet ready."

I know the article is D-leaks, but if Frist hasn't pulled the trigger yet, he won't ever do it. The wimp lost the momentum in his rush to stay on the good side of Democrats.

Idiot.

The "idiot" by the way is Frist, not any of you.

I had come to understand that all but two of the stalled nominees would be given the thumbs-up.

We may think it's a suck deal, and Markos et al might chortle over our gutlessness, but it's still eleven judges who hate homos and civil rights directly to the Senate and on to a career of thwarting liberals and raping the environment. Hot dog!

Someone is right: this is pure Democratic spin, so they can portray the Republicans as unreasonable when the showdown finally arrives. How dare the American Taliban refuse a deal that would give them two lower court judges while letting the filibuster survive to derail future Supreme Court nominations?

Actually, the showdown will probably come over Bolton's nomination, since the Democrats are likely to filibuster nominees for any position who get reported out of committee on a party-line vote. If Frist doesn't see this through, it might be time for Republicans to look for a more authoritative leadership figure. Right now I'm thinking a slightly used Tickle Me Elmo would be every bit as effective.

...someone tough enough to grab his ankles for Harry Reid.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

I so want to believe "Deep Stoat" is right, but forgive me if I'm still skeptical of Frist's ability to grow a backbone in the next few weeks.

Plus, if "DS" is right and this is an attempt at political posturing, then it's the shittiest job of it I've ever seen. If this was really an attempt to get the moral high ground from the Dems, Frist should have been out there talking about how much he wants to compromise and setting the tone of the debate.

It hasn't happened. The tone of the debate is about the big bad Republicans wanting to change the rules of the Senate and end billions of years of tradition. Part of this is attributable to media bias, perhaps, but most of it is just really crappy PR on the part of Frist and Senate Republicans.

Frankly, no Repub in Congress has -ever- been able to frame the debate. That's just the way the media is.

Bush, OTOH...

Errr..... "F" is not a vowel.

Errr..... "F" is not a vowel.

What?

Errr..... "F" is not a vowel.

Please tell me you're joking.

ace, your genius is unappreciated.

like pearls before swine. and I'm a pig, too. WTF does that mean ^^^^

chug if the vowel is "F"

I understand it's facecious, but that's a pretty piss-poor drinking game if you never get to chug.

That's a pretty good idea for a drinking game, actually. I've heard odder letters called vowels on that show.

If the best we can offer is an ankle grabber like Frist or a "maverick" like McCain, I'll have a hard time getting motivated to vote in 08.

Ahhh, I see, Slublog. I don't watch the Wheel.

Do retards really ask for "vowels" like "F"? I feel slightly less stupid now, but I'm still on the short bus.

Jeff, I'm with you.

I'm a social conservative, but I'm pulling for Guiliani right now. Saw him speak at an event here in Maine and loved it.

I disagree with Ruffini's speculation that Rudy will not do well with social and religious conservatives. Star quality forgives a multitude of disagreement...

Do retards really ask for "vowels" like "F"? I feel slightly less stupid now, but I'm still on the short bus.

I watched it while visiting my grandmother and yes, retards really do ask for a vowel, then say "L" or "P." It's pretty funny, in a painful way. Kinda like watching Jay Leno's man on the street thing.

All, you need to knowthat "compromise" talk is not aimed at you. It's not aimed at the pro-filibuster people on the Left. All of our minds are made up.

This kind of talk is aimed at those who may not be as knowledgeable about the daily goings-on of politics as you all are.

Take a deep breath. Let the final stages of the PR push take place. Remember, hippy liberals are the enemy. Let's not eat our young everytime we see a news article that bothers us.

The constitutional option will be invoked, and it will be invoked sooner rather than later.

Hey, Stoat, you can keep us retards at Ace's in line with a lot less effort than that. It's the Freepers you need to corral

True dat.

In the Post this morning, Frist laughs at compromise:

"My goal is to have fair up or down votes. Are we going to shift from that principle? The answer to that is no."

So while it seems he is still pushing the NO, I'm missing the compromise bone our source claims we're throwing the boobs.

My standard refrain when watching the political reporting about Republicans has become "Grow a pair, you Pussies!! "