Only time will define 'extraordinary circumstances'...

"The heart of the fight was a dispute over whether federal judges would need to overcome a 60-vote hurdle to win confirmation or whether President Bush would be able to appoint whomever he and his fellow Republicans choose.

That question has not yet been answered. "

Yep... Crisis averted temporarily. Right? Or is it a misstep in the attempts of BushCO to exert extreme power upon our "bipartisan" Senate body?