Frist smokes out Dems, It is not about debate, it is about obstruction

Washington Times:

Majority Leader Bill Frist publicly offered a compromise to Democrats yesterday in a last-ditch effort to avoid a "nuclear" showdown in the Senate over judicial nominees.
However, the Senate's top Democrat immediately expressed doubt about the proposal, calling it "a big wet kiss to the far right."
Mr. Frist's proposal would end the current blockade of nominees by Democrats but also prevent future nominations from being stymied in the Senate Judiciary Committee, where Republicans once blocked some of President Clinton's nominees.

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Mr. Frist's proposal, which Republicans are calling the "fairness rule," would allow for up to 100 hours of floor debate on any nominee and require that the Judiciary Committee act on every nominee submitted by a president within a given period of time. It would do nothing to curtail filibusters against legislation.

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In his floor speech, Mr. Reid called Mr. Frist's proposal a "slow-motion nuclear option."
"After 100 hours, the rights of the minority are extinguished," he said, acknowledging that the purpose of the filibusters hasn't been to continue debate on nominees, but simply to stop them.
"This has never been about the length of debate," Mr. Reid said. Rather, it's about constitutional principle of sharing power with the minority in the Senate, he said. (Emphasis added.)
Where in the constitution does it say the minority has the right to share power?

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