Don't play poker with a Senator from Vegas!

Frist blinked! Basically, Senator Reid from Nevada, the Minority Leader, offered a compromise to the Republicans over the judicial nominations. The Dems would okay a 7 of W's appoinments, only blocking the 2 most extreme wingnuts. In return, the GOP would not get rid of the filibuster. Frist, of course, said no way to a compromise (how could he do otherwise? He's owned by the religious right). So now the Dems are looking like the party willing to compromise, and Republicans are looking obstructionist. Read about it here.