Compromise Is A Good Thing

From Reuters via The Huffington Post:

"Fourteen U.S. Senate moderates struck a deal across party lines on Monday to avert a historic showdown vote over President Bush's stalled judicial nominees.

"The bipartisan compromise -- which includes a commitment to clear the way for confirmation votes on three of five disputed nominees -- was reached less than 24 hours before the Republican-led Senate was to decide whether to strip Democrats of their power to block Bush's candidates for federal courts."

The Senators behind the compromise should be extremely proud for their victory in allowing cooler heads to prevail over what would have been a monumental mistake of historical proportions by radical conservatives.
I have to admit that I have been optimistic about the outcome of this battle for the past week. Wehn the country has gone as crazy as the U.S. has these past years it is hard to be anything else. There is nothing left but optimism.

Posted by Paul Hina at May 23, 2005 10:28 PM