Judicial Confirmation Settlement?

This is not a news blog, but I just got this e-mail alert from the Wall Street Journal Online, so what the heck:

Centrists from both parties reached a compromise Monday night to avoid a
showdown on President Bush's stalled judicial nominees and the Senate's own filibuster rules, officials from both parties said.

These officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the agreement would clear the way for yes or no votes on some of Bush's nominees, but make no guarantee.

Under the agreement, Democrats would pledge not to filibuster any of Bush's future appeals court or Supreme Court nominees except in "extraordinary circumstances."

For their part, Republicans agreed not to support an attempt to strip Democrats of their right to block votes.

We'll see where this goes.