Compromise

What? A compromise was reached? The Centrists from both parties threatened to take over from the lunatic fringes?

"This is a good day for the country, a good day for the Untied States Senate," Ohio Republican Sen. Mike DeWine, flanked by fellow negotiators, told a news conference in announcing the accord.

"I say thank God," said Sen. Robert Byrd, a West Virginia Democrat. "We have lifted ourselves above politics."

And, at last, the American political machine grinds itself to its true purpose: compromise. Many of us may not be pleased we "won." Most of us will be pleased just for the mess to get pushed past. But all of us must agree that the corporate and ideological factions which pushed this showdown need be condemned: unfortunately, those ideologues belong primarily to the right. Bought rightist Senators. Those on the extreme left are guilty of hardheaded resistence to the challenge of protecting the minority interest in the Senate: obviously a political issue and done for political purpose.

I say Praise Be as well- let's get past this whole damn mess. And make sure those two judges don't hear any of my cases, or cases of the Constitution.

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UPDATE
Kos has some rightwing net chatter to share. Obviously not all of our compatriots across the aisles agree with the Compromise. And Kos is correct in his analysis: this anger over the "loss" is because they DID lose. We, actually, didn't have anything to win, we just needed to preserve Senatorial protections. But because the far right was gunning for a true prize: permanent limits on the power of the Democrats, they had everything to lose. And, in a way, they did. It must be said, however, that the left didn't win anything, either.