Time for an intervention

The refusal of Democrats to acknowledge that they aren't in control of the government anymore has gotten pathological. What do elections mean if they can keep moving the goalposts?

You'll note from this useful table, that the percentages of judicial nominees confirmed began to drop after Robert Bork's confirmation hearings, about 15 years after Roe v. Wade, which triggered the present confrontations. I blame the Supreme Court for creating the problem in the first place. That's why this issue is so important now.

The remarkable thing is how the percentages have plummeted since G. W. Bush took over, and started standing up to the Democrats. If the Republicans choose the "nuclear" option, the Democrats will have only themselves to blame. Past Republican presidents have tried compromise and choosing nominees with no record, and they have been disasters. It's time to reinstate majority rule, before Barbara Boxer and Bobby Byrd have everybody convinced that filibusters and super-majorities for confirming judicial nominees are written into the Constitution. Hey, it worked for abortion and homosexual sodomy.