Nothing surprising here; just documenting the predictable L.A. Times fawning over the GOP capitulation on judicial filibusters. You know they just love it. After all, Harry Reid and Daily Kos are thrilled that the Democrats won with a losing hand. It therefore stands to reason that the L.A. Times is going to praise the “deal” as well.

There’s the “news analysis,” which could have been written by a staffer to Harry Reid. It’s titled A Center Forms to Outflank Left, Right, and it begins:

Monday’s last-ditch compromise on confirming federal judges was a striking reassertion of the power of the political center in a bitterly polarized environment, pulling the Senate back from the brink of a crisis that threatened to paralyze the institution and dramatically change its character.

If there is a set of Democrat talking points on filibusters — and I know there must be several — I guarantee you it says something very much like that opening paragraph.

That’s the news “analysis.” In the article on the capitulation, there is the obligatory “maverick” reference, specifically designed to send me running screaming from the room:

In a rare act of compromise on Capitol Hill, a maverick group of seven Democrats and seven Republicans reached an agreement Monday that forced the Senate’s leadership to stand down from a confrontation over federal judicial nominees.

Again, nothing surprising here. Just documenting the media fawning for posterity.

UPDATE: It should be noted that the paper’s editorial page has, for the most part, been on the correct side of this controversy — and today is no exception.