BTW, my take this week on the filibuster debacle in the Senate was "echoed" in today's top WSJ editorial, to wit, we are better off eliminating the filibuster for pres nominees rather than make what will inevitably turn out to be a one-sided deal. Frankly, I suspect information from NSA files are being used against our guys in DC - either that or their chief advisors are all closet Democrats! But whatever the reason, the Party that invented Borking will not give up Filibustering Republican nominees unless forced to do so in order to get their guys confirmed.