California Conservative

Ben Johnson offers a compelling analysis of the recent filibuster compromise (eg. “Republican buckle”)

“The Left’s latest bid to overturn the seven-month-old presidential election has partially succeeded.

Late Monday night, a coalition of seven moderate Republicans agreed to give the Democratic Party the right to permanently obstruct any nominee deemed unacceptable by its activist base. In return for preserving their inalienable right to abuse the filibuster through the end of this Congressional term, the Democrats agreed to stop wielding it against three of the president’s ten judicial nominees.”

But there’s far more at stake. And some strategic lessons to be learned from the Left.

The fully story here.

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