The minority's right to filibuster president Bush's judicial nomination is a hot topic. In his comments Tuesday, Sen. Byrd defended the right senators have to use filibusters -procedural delays that can kill an item unless 60 of the 100 senators vote to move ahead.
He did this in part by comparing Hitler's dictatorship to the GOP's current tactics.
Heads are turning.
The reaction:
First, start by reading Byrd's full remarks here.
Then,
GOP Jewish Group criticized Byrd's Remarks
The Washington Post
James Taranto (WSJ Opinion Journal)
Daily Kos
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