Extraordinary Circumstances?

Now that I have spent the remainder of what was inside my stomach and have given my due to the porcelain god, I am somewhat ready to comment on the "deal" made between seven (yep, 7) Republicans and 7 democrats (though it may have been the whole friggen DNC for that matter). These seven RINO brides for seven brothers are responsible for thwarting the President's agenda, the majority party in the Senate, and by fiat the mandate given Bush's agenda by a sizeable majority of the United States' electorate. The deal, which allows an up or down vote without threat of filibuster on only the next three judicial nominees (Janet Rogers Brown, Priscilla Owen and William Pryor) to come down the pike. Three out of 10. Now there's a great deal for the majority party--NOT. Reminds me of the deal the Indians got for Manhattan. And the dems, in return for their continued ability to exercise their unconstitional option to filibuster judicial nominees, promise that they will only filibuster under extraordinary circumstances. What is an "extraordinary circumstance" to the likes of Teddy Kennedy, Harry Reid, and "Sheets" Byrd? Why the fact that the candidate was appointed by George Bush, of course! Under the agreement, Bush will actually have to consult with this coalition of 14 moderates prior to nominating a candidate. That's 14 people out of 101 (including the President) that are going to be the powerbrokers with regard to judicial appointments. Talk about tyranny of the minority!

I'm not even going to waste my time focusing on the "moderate" dems. They are who they are. But I will focus my attention on the usual cadre of RINOs who have seen fit to usurp party leadership in an unprecedented power grab, along with the will of a majority of the American people: Lincoln Chaffee, John McCain, Mike DeWine, Lindsey Graham, John Warner, Susan Collins, and Olympia Snowe. A good rundown of the whole story can be found here.

Meanwhile, this on Free Republic, comparing John Warner to Neville Chamberlain, after he sold out Czechoslovakia:
"Peace in our time, eh?"

(It appeared that I blogged this too late--Doug at Bogus Gold had a similar assessment yesterday.)

***UPDATE****
On the Limbaugh show, Frist's office reportedly called and assured that the Constitutional option was still on the table, and that he would ensure that all of Bush's judicial nominess would get the up or down vote they deserve. Frist's office noted an outpouring of irate phone calls to his office. Frist, hopefully, has seen the writing on the wall. His RINO counterparts would also do well to heed it.

Tiple_A from Residual Forces has this take:

What did the GOP get?
Nothing!
If I got it right, only 7 out of the 10 nominees on the Senate Floor right now get votes. Meaning to me, that 3 of them are still being phillibustered! So what kind of compromise was this? The Dems got what they wanted, and the GOP got squat!

The only bright spot of this whole thing is we now know the day the GOP died.

. Triple_A counted 7; I counted three. In any case, I have to agree with that last paragraph.