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Originally Posted by wendybeth
I need to amend the previous post- it seems Borks position was in response to criticism regarding some asanine comments he made on Hannity's tv show, so I guess backpedaling can't be taken too seriously. Still, the fact remains that the Republicans were quite serious about ending the ability to filibuster judicial noms and it is very well documented.
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Which Alex didn't argue. All Alex said was that they were not out to remove the filibuster entirely as a tool in other debates, such as the non-binding Iraq resolution.