Reaction roundup:

Michelle Malkin has the remarks by McCain, Nelson, Byrd and DeWine. (Michelle Malkin writes more...)

Matt Margolis of Blogs For Bush: "My initial reaction... I don't like this deal..." "THIS DEAL SUCKS... EVERY NOMINEE DESERVES AN UP-OR-DOWN VOTE!!!"

Editors in Pajamas: "You know what "extraordinary circumstances" means, don't you? It means you declare an emergency whenever you gosh dang feel like it. Yeah, what a deal."

Ace of Spades HQ: "John McCain is in full peacock mode. Others speak of 'trust' ensuring the compromise holds. There is no trust. Democrats will not honor the agreement. It's that simple. The filibusters will continue, with the connivance of McCain, Warner, Snowe, etc."

Ramesh Ponnuru of The Corner: "This may have been a choice by 14 senators for comity, but its unintended consequence will be to raise the stakes on the next Supreme Court confirmation--which will decide what rules the Senate is really going to follow. A decision has been delayed, not made."

John at Powerline: "What a hideous deal! The Democrats have agreed to cloture on only three nominees, and they have made no commitment not to filibuster in the future, if there are 'extraordinary circumstances.' Of course, the Dems think any nominee who is a Republican is 'extraordinary.' The Dems have just wriggled off the hook on some of the nominees that, politically, some of them did not want to be seen voting against."

Captain Ed of Captain's Quarters: "This is the exact scenario that I foresaw when I heard that the centrists were gathering in the smoke-filled room. They coughed up the Constitution and got guaranteed votes on less than half of their nominees."

Patterico's Pontifications: "Republicans Cave...Dems will filibuster only under 'extraordinary circumstances' — i.e., if Bush nominates a conservative."

Bench Memos has the full text of the deal.

Political Teen has the video...

Conservative Outpost: "Yep, you guessed it...in a stunning display of Republicans-in-the-majority "business as usual" the GOP has managed to grasp defeat from the jaws of victory. Led by the usual suspects in the "moderate" crowd, a deal was struck between 7 Dems and 7 Republicans to allow full senate votes on 3 out of 5 of the current crop of circuit court nominees."

Ankle Biting Pundits: "They ought to be ashamed. Every damned one of them. The sight of these RINO bastards smiling makes me literally ill. More to come. How does it feel to be sellouts? Mother-bleeping cowards. Talking about faith. I'm fuming. Sorry for the profanity."

Scared Monkeys: "COMPROMISE REACHED! REPUBLICANS SCREWED!"

The Anchoress: "It’s gonna be a long cold day before the GNP sees a dime of my money. A long. Cold. Day. Can someone please explain to me why, with 57% support from the nation (under-reported, of course), the GOP caved on this?"

Another Rovian Conspiracy: "Well, why do I have the feeling that any appointee not cleared by the Warner/Byrd panel will be considered “extraordinary” and justify a filibuster. Thanks, Johnny!!!"

1754 Blog: "While I think this “deal” will, in the short run, get very good Supreme Court Justices to be on the Circuit Court. However, it is just another example of the GOP caving to false media created pressure."

Bennelli Brothers: "Just to prove that it's capable to doing worse damage to itself than the Democrats are, Republicans, of the Senate variety (what's new) have done their impression of the French and bent over and took it from the Dems."

PoliPundit: "The 7 deal-making Democrats have promised not to filibuster, except in 'extraordinary circumstances.'

Prediction 1: If a Supreme Court nominee is to the right of Karl Marx, these Democrats will filibuster him or her.

Prediction 2: If the Democrats ever manage to become a majority in the Senate, they will employ the 'nuclear option.'"

Buzz Blog: "The Senate Leadership and President Bush have been sold down the river by these seven Republicans."

Speed of Thought: "My opinion, the Republicans are spineless."

La Shawn Barber has a round up...

Hugh Hewitt: "It is impossible to say whether this is a 'terrible' deal, a 'bad' deal, or a very, very marginally "ok" deal, but it surely is not a good deal. Not one dime more for the NRSC from me unless and until the Supreme Court nominee gets confirmed, and no other filibusters develop."

Free Republic sounds off..