Democrats, when considering a filibuster against a demonstrably dishonest, right-wing judicial nominee, are a tyrannical minority blocking the will of the Senate.

Republicans who filibuster every single piece of legislation that has the support of the nation are, well, nothing. The votes just fail.

But before I give Democrats a pass, they encourage this coverage by showing fear of the labels, thereby giving the labels legitimacy; they could have filibustered the FISA giveaway, or the Military Commissions Act.

were delicious. One has to hope that they dulled, a bit more, the intelligence necessary to keep soldiers who are dying for this incompetence, sedated enough to "suit-up" and go out into the Iraqi night to clobber those pesky Iraqi citizens who just plain don't want us there.

One has to hope they consumed more than a few of those martini's. All those coward GOP guys and gals and "puke face" LIEberman bunched arund 2" steaks smothered with onions. Mmmmmmm. All these GOP war heros who side with the Blackwaters of the world while they machine gun innocent Iraqi people to proect those six-piece suited demigods parading around Baghdad in black SUV's doing Bush's dirty work. One has to hope those martinis dull their senses enough to allow them to forget the "success" they are looking for was lost when the coup of 2000 took democracy from these shores and replaced it with ideologues hell bent on creating a form of neocon reality that now serves as our "representative form of government".

One has to wonder how guys like Webb who served in the military, has a son serving in Iraq and now serves his country as a senator thinks of this "representative form of gevernment" where special interets and clueless lemmings rule to trump logic, morality and ethics...

It's been a long time since the Senate has been so successfully obstinate. This practically harkens back to Reconstruction, or the fight over Civil Rights. Or at least the days of Clinton vs Gingrich. And thank God; I was getting worried this country might actually *do* something.

After all, I think the last six and a half years have proven how dangerous it is for America to do things.

What difference does it make. Oh it's comforting to imagine that Lieberman is secretly the root of all evil but for him the glorious people's revolution of the Democratic Congress would be handing out weed, money and unicorns to everyone. But in very obvious and clear terms your Congress is useless. Worse than useless really. I can't for the life of me remember a more squandered potential than the 2006 Democratic win in Congress. It's truly historic. If this was the Congress we had during Watergate Nixon would STILL be President like a head in a jar on Futurama.

This is the perfect time to take out a full page NYT ad displaying the names of the Repbublicans that voted against the troops. Webb introduced a bill allowing more recoup and family time for troops between tours and repbublicans had the gall to vote against it.

If liberals and democrats don't pounce on this opportunity to prove to the country that republicans do not support the troops, we are fools.

Where's the "Nuclear Option" now?

The Democrats sure were afraid of it when the Republicans controlled the Senate. Strangely enough, the Republicans don't seem worried at all.

I can - the moral capital the USA had after 2001, Sept 11. You could have changed the world for the better, it could have been your finest hour. Instead you pissed it away.

It's the line we've always heard about the U.S. Senate. NOBODY could believe that now. What a complete and totally pathetic joke our dysfunctional government has become.

What, then, does this say about all of us? I pray another old saying we've heard for years isn't true -- that we get the government we deserve. If so, maybe we need to hit the re-set button and start all over again, rebuilding and refreshing our democratic republic so it will again be something we can be proud of.

As it is, I'm almost ashamed to be an American -- and that's truly a statement I've never made until this moment.

It wasn't filibustered. A filibuster was threatened. Nothing really happened. Why on Earth don't the Democrats make the damn Republicans actually get up there and filibuster the bill? Make them get up and read the phone book or whatever. Make them stay up hour and hour talking endlessly about why the troops don't deserve to come home.

Come on! Our soldiers and Marines deserve to have a real vote or filibuster on why they can't come home, not just the promise of one.

The system is broken and,only the people can fix it.While the Democrats are wasting time trying to get along with Republicans....Bush and Cheney are destroying everything in their path.......I feel like screaming but the anger i feel within won't allow me do so.America is doomed to suffer for all the evils bad men have committed under her name.Maybe it is time for us to understand the pains and misery others have felt so we could enjoy the good life we used to enjoy.....

I'm the last guy to agree with the republicans, but I'm ex-military and while I think this is an illegal war resulting in the shameful criminal deaths of hundreds of thousands if not more, Democrats should be rabidly pursuing an END to the war and the criminal prosecutions of those responsible for ordering it, not passing end-run bills that in the long-term hamper the ability of the military to accomplish its mission, especially in the case where the military has an actual legal mission that we're all seriously depending on them to be successful at for all our sakes.

I know it sounds harsh to say you don't want the members of the military to not spend as much time as possible with their families but the military IS harsh. You can't approach the military with the same principals and ideals you'd approach employment at your average non-lethal corporation.

Honestly I'd say I'd rather the military spend ALL their time with their families, BUT if called to duty, legal duty, I'd expect them to give their all to fulfill that mission, not perchance have the mission fail because this law forced them home.

All I'm saying is end the war, not the military. (though ending the military is an interesting subject to discuss as well)