This was inevitable: Washington Post shilling for Dems on filibuster reform...

7:57am
You knew this was going to happen soon. Democrats are facing the reality that the GOP is going to call their bluff and invoke a Senate rules change on filibustering judicial nominees. So the WaPo tries to come to the rescue.

Headline: Filibuster Rule Change Opposed. Right on page A01 of today's paper. All about a poll showing the Americans (not registered voters) oppose this change 2 to 1. Big on analysis but no reference to the actual questions in the poll which most likely sounded like this: "Do you support or oppose the Republican efforts in Congress to throw away over 200 years of Senate tradition and ram ultra-right wing judicial nominees through the confirmation process."

I'm not kidding, somebody will dig behind the numbers today and find the data.

How many random "Americans" polled have actually been paying attention to this whole fight? My guess is not to many.

UPDATE:
TKS looks at the poll.

The phrasing of the question is fascinating: "Would you support or oppose changing Senate rules to make it easier for the Republicans to confirm Bush's judicial nominees?" Unsurprisingly, when portrayed as a power grab, only 26 support, and 66 oppose.

One wonders if the response would be different if the respondents were asked, "Do you support a minority of Democrats preventing Bush's judicial nominees from being voted on, when a majority of senators have indicated their support for those nominees?"

and an examination of the respondent breakdowns:

Interesting - asked to identify themselves politically, 35 percent said Democrat, 28 percent said Republican, 32 percent said Independent, and 5 percent said other. But the same sample also identified themselves as 20 percent liberal, 47 percent moderate, and 30 percent conservative.

Anything the MSM can do to try and scare Republican Senators into backing off, they will do. Hopefully, those same Senators will be mindful the potential backlash from the GOP base if they chicken out.

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