Centrism

The following, from a story in The Hill, shows what passes for centrism among Senate Republicans (the emphasis is mine):

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), a well-respected centrist, said Republicans could agree to confirm one of President Obama’s nominees to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals if Democrats agreed to let the other two languish and dropped the threat of the nuclear option, according to a source familiar with the talks.

 Quite a tempting offer, but those firebrand Dems turned it down.