Three moons, round with an atmosphere- Mercury only has one of those qualities. Any change in status for Pluto should have been put off until the arrival of the New Horizons space probe- then astonomers would be better equipped to make a decision as to what Pluto really is.
I am glad they didn't upgrade Charon to "dwarf planet" as had been discussed. That would have requried upgrades for the Moon, Io, Europa, Callisto, Ganameade, Titan and Triton as well.
I agree completely. I don't think this settled a thing. It almost seems like they absolutely had to stay away from defining a planet as something that would (heaven forbid) add to the number of planets.