Armando over at Daily Kos passes on the most important, but underreported, question in the recent Newsweek poll:

Newsweek Poll conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International. March 17-18, 2005. N=1,010 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3 (for all adults).

"U.S. Senate rules allow 41 senators to mount a filibuster -- refusing to end debate and agree to vote -- to block judicial nominees. In the past, this tactic has been used by both Democrats and Republicans to prevent certain judicial nominees from being confirmed. Senate Republican leaders -- whose party is now in the majority -- want to take away this tactic by changing the rules to require only 51 votes, instead of 60, to break a filibuster. Would you approve or disapprove of changing Senate rules to take away the filibuster and allow all of George W. Bush's judicial nominees to get voted on by the Senate?"

(Approve, Disapprove, Unsure)

ALL -- 32 57 11
Republicans -- 55, 33, 12
Democrats -- 15, 78, 7
Independents -- 31, 60, 9

I wonder what all of the right wingers in favor of the nuclear option will say to these results...

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I'm about to fly back to Claremont now. Portland, how I will miss thee! Anyway, I'll check in later tonight.