Originally posted by tantone
Don't break your arm patting yourself on the back.

Run for office. Maybe you'll make it.

I guess that joke was a bit above you. The fact is that is exactly what a filibuster would do. It would force a vote and require a higher majority to end the filibuster (actually 67 votes which the Republicans did not have). That is exactly what the Republicans were whining about. They couldn't win playing by the rules. A filibuster would prevent a nomination vote and they didn't have the two thirds majority need to change the filibuster rules. They were forced to compromise and suddenly cried foul because they no longer liked the rules. In other words they were all crying like spoiled sports. It just goes to show you that the Republicans have no more integrity then then that dirt bag Michael Moore. A bit like the pot calling the kettle black.