] Uder the deal, the Democrats agreed to accept cloture
] votes on three of President Bush's judicial nominees:
] Priscilla R. Owen, Janice Rogers Brown and William
] Pryor.
]
] The Democrats made no commitments regarding
] two other conservative judicial nominees, Henry Saad and
] William Myers.

Hrm. Most of the stuff I have been reading has focused on Owen and Brown as being the most contentious nominees, rather then Saad and Myers. (Although Myers in particular seems to have a lot of people up in arms.)

I'm not sure what the democrats have gained here. A promise not to use the nuclear option is rather empty if there are no fillibusters to nuke, and this deal seems unenforceble. There is nothing to stop the Republicans from going back on their word once these nominees are approved and a Supreme Court position comes up. Taking a politician at his word seems like a dumb idea. By the time this comes back around most will not remember this debate and a little bit of spin will be all thats needed to deal with those that do.

Democrats: 0 Republicans: 100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

Senators Reach Deal on Filibuster