[the Real fifi]

I’m not a McCain fan, but this is exactly what a conservative Hill staffer working on judicial nominations told me when the deal was announced.
You may oppose him for many reasons, but Baehr is right—the Gang of 14 worked to the advantage of the conservatives.

[Just mythoughts]

They made a deal, how else would they then describe a deal they made. Problem is how many vacancies are still open from that ‘gangster’ deal.

President Bush asked the Senate the other night for them to get on with their duty of up or down votes on appellate vacancies.... He did not beg for more GANG lead deals because the gangsters are now in control.