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whether or not i agree with the blocking of certain nominees doesn't really matter. what really pisses me off is that support the Cheney endrun on this issue really do not pay attention to the big picture. if they change the rules, then they will be subject to the same rules when the pendulum swings the other direction, which it will.

i said the same thing in the '90's. the R's were enjoying sicking their attack dogs on Clinton (who was an easy target), breaking all the conventions of public respect for the office of the president. did they never stop to think that eventually a republican would be back in the white house? the republicans took the leashes off in the '90's but were surprised when the dogs turned around and bit them in 2001. the nastiness that has surrounded the dem's attacks on bush are only possible because of their own attacks on clinton.

i'm afraid that if they do change the filibuster rules they will taste the same bitter pill in a few years.