If Want To Dance The Dance, You Have To Pay The Piper

From the Winston-Salem Journal:

But Democratic opposition to Bush's judicial appointments angers Republicans who believe that judicial nominations deserve an up-or-down vote on the Senate floor. They successfully used the issue to help defeat then-Sen. Tom Daschle, D-S.D., the Senate minority leader, last year, the first time that a Senate leader had been defeated in nearly 50 years.