Reply #62: I have to disagree...

[sendero]

... with the idea that a "huge wedge" has been driven anywhere.

Any wedge that we took advantage of was already there. And at least 2 of the Rep wedgers have said flat out that they would have voted FOR the nuclear option if they had to.

This agreement isn't worth the paper it is printed on. It is merely a temporary cease-fire, nothing more. Some act as though "buying time" is a huge win. Maybe it is, but I doubt it. Time will tell.

What is the end-game here? It is the SCOTUS. And I'm polishing my crystal ball and telling you flat out, the Reps will band together when the time comes and they will shove some wingnut down our throats.

This little "compromise", which in fact is pointless because if it were a contract any judge would throw it out for vague language, does nothing for the long term but in the short term it gives the Reps an easy 3 appointments. Yay and hooray.