Bush is preparing to renominate all the judges that Democrats didn't want to vote on. About 20 of them.
Now in the 1970s, Democrats changed the filibuster rule from 66 to 60. Now Republicans are thinking of changing that to something lower, possibly 55 or so.
Would you support this course of action to force a vote in Senate? I mean, it isn't a difficult concept. President nominates judges, Senate VOTES on them, not TALK endlessly for years at a time.
I support keeping the filibuster as is and hope the Democrats keep filibustering the most extreme nominees.
A judge should have to be confirmed by more than a simple majority to avoid a tyranny of long representation of 51% of the country.
Besides, 62 Senators represent states where Bush won the popular vote (even though Bush won 286 electoral votes). If 40 Senators are able to sustain a filibuster, they would likely represent more than 270 electoral votes.
