In short, we intend to continue to fight for up-or-down votes on each and every nominee.
Now, you obviously feel differently. That's fine. But I'm not taking your opinion over the statement from Dr. Frist's office. Again, I expect a vote on each nominee. If the Dems filibuster Saad and/or Myers, I think they get nuked.
I hope you are right that the DEMS get nuked if they filibuster Myers and/or Saad but the Agreement suggests that the DEMS won't be applying the "extraodinary circumstances" test to them:
"Part I: Commitments on Pending Judicial Nominations
A. Votes for Certain Nominees. We will vote to invoke cloture on the following judicial nominees: Janice Rogers Brown (D.C. Circuit), William Pryor (11th Circuit), and Priscilla Owen (5th Circuit).
B. Status of Other Nominees. Signatories make no commitment to vote for or against cloture on the following judicial nominees: William Myers (9th Circuit) and Henry Saad (6th Circuit).
Part II: Commitments for Future Nominations
A. Future Nominations. Signatories will exercise their responsibilities under the Advice and Consent Clause of the United States Constitution in good faith. Nominees should only be filibustered under extraordinary circumstances, and each signatory must use his or her own discretion and judgment in determining whether such circumstances exist.
B. Rules Changes. In light of the spirit and continuing commitments made in this agreement, we commit to oppose the rules changes in the 109th Congress, which we understand to be any amendment to or interpretation of the Rules of the Senate that would force a vote on a judicial nomination by means other than unanimous consent or Rule XXII
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In other words the DEMS commitment only applies to future nominees. It does not apply to Saad or Myers. None of the 7 Republicans that were part of the deal with vote for the Constitutional option of 2 or more DEMs vote to filibuster Myers and/or Saad.