Hmmm... Reid's latest on filibuster

on the one hand, the headline says...

"Reid Says He Doesn't Intend to Filibuster"

then the article goes on to say...

Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid has privately told individual Republicans he doesn't intend to block votes on any Supreme Court nominees except in extreme cases.

extreme, huh...? reid goes on to say...

''I can never say there will never be a filibuster because I cannot say that,'' he said recently on the Senate floor.

double negative... tsk, tsk...

not so very long ago (even tho' it seems like years in blogosphere time)...

[Frist] proposed retaining existing filibuster rules for district court nominees while guaranteeing a yes-or-no vote for appointees to the appeals court and Supreme Court.

Reid swiftly denounced it as ''a big fat wet kiss to the far right.''

Asked afterward whether there were additional compromises he could offer, Reid seemed less that definitive.

''The answer is, not at this point,'' he said.

reid's gotta wait to see what the response to THIS compromise offer is gonna be first, you ninny...!

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