1.0 link 1558 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lawrence-odonnell/the-bravest-political-act_b_1558.html Hilary Rosen is right, the cloture compromise is a loss for the right wing of the Republican Party. Harry Reid is justifiably happy and James Dobson is justifiably outraged and disappointed. Nothing outrages and disappoints an extremist more than compromise.

Senator Reid was on the verge of becoming the weakest Minority Leader in Senate history. But for the last minute defections of Lindsey Graham and Mike DeWine, the Republicans had the votes to change the cloture rule....

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