Republican Propaganda from The Washington Post

This is just dead wrong:
Filibuster Deal Puts Democrats In a Bind

Democrats' hopes of blocking a staunchly conservative Supreme Court nominee on ideological grounds could be seriously undermined by the six-week-old bipartisan deal on judicial nominees, key senators said yesterday.

With President Bush expected to name a successor to Justice Sandra Day O'Connor next week, liberals are laying the groundwork to challenge the nominee if he or she leans solidly to the right on affirmative action, abortion and other contentious issues. But even if they can show that the nominee has sharply held views on matters that divide many Americans, some of the 14 senators who crafted the May 23 compromise appear poised to prevent that strategy from blocking confirmation to the high court, according to numerous interviews.

The pact, signed by seven Democrats and seven Republicans, says a judicial nominee will be filibustered only under "extraordinary circumstances." Key members of the group said yesterday that a nominee's philosophical views cannot amount to "extraordinary circumstances" and that therefore a filibuster can be justified only on questions of personal ethics or character.

With 65% of the American people indicating they want Roe VS Wade to stand it would appear that they would consider a justice who would overturn it "extraordinary circumstances."

Let the Democrats know that they will be damaging themselves if they don't do everything in their power to stop such an appointment. Use the filibuster, make the wingnuts pull the nuclear option. Public opinion is on the side of those attempting to stop a radical right wing activist judge.

Update
Steve Soto agrees;

But I don’t think a president with a 42% approval rating and a 42% support-for-impeachment rating is in any position to dictate squat here. And the Democrats should be ready to force the GOP to the wall on this, even if the nuclear option deal and the filibuster go out the window in the process.