Is the 'nuclear option' going to happen in the next day or two?

[Jesus Saves]

I've read that Frist probably has the votes and he is going to pull the trigger. Is this what you've been hearing too?

Will Reid and the Dems fight back? Gawd, I hope so. This is folks, we must stop them now.

Man, how I've grown to despise Republicans and all they stand for...

[SouthernDem2004]

1. Bet money they make a deal....

[sandnsea]

2. That's what I'm gathering

Email alerts plus CSpan had an announcement that judges would come up tomorrow after the Highway bill. Couple of links here:

http://www.lightupthedarkness.org/blog/default.asp?view=plink&id=901

[cyr330]

3. I don't know

But I've despised the Repigs for a long goddamned time. And I can't fucking wait to get revenge. Too bad the Dems will be too pussified to dish out the revenge to the Repigs that they really deserve.

[kentuck]

4. Frist will not bring it up unless he knows the vote count ahead of time.

you can bet on that...If he doesn't bring it up in the next day or two, it means he doesn't yet have the votes.

[KoKo]

5. NY Newsday just reported that Durbin and Schumer seem to be

pulling back from trying to stop the "nuclear option." I'll see if I can find the link and snip.

Here's the snip:

Senate on verge of meltdown
GOP leaders coming close to pulling the trigger on 'nuclear option' to keep Democrats from filibustering president's judicial picks


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BY TOM BRUNE
WASHINGTON BUREAU

May 15, 2005

WASHINGTON - By the end of the week, the Senate could go nuclear - unless a handful of moderates find a way to reach what has so far been an unreachable compromise.

After months of buildup, Republicans say they finally are ready to trigger the "nuclear option" to ban filibusters that block judicial nominations, paving the way for the White House to reshape the federal courts and, in the process, ignite a political free-for-all in the Senate.

-SNIP-Several senators seemed resigned to a showdown. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Schumer backed away from earlier threats to shut or slow down the Senate should Frist pull the trigger. Instead, they said Democrats will "wrest the agenda" from Republicans to advance bills on issues like gas prices and prescription drugs.

"This strategy is a long-term strategy," Schumer said. "Can I tell you how exactly this will come out? No, but we'll have the high ground."

Republicans took a different view, charging Democrats already have changed the Senate. Asked what life would be like after the nuclear option, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) shrugged. "What has life in the Senate been like since the Democrats began their filibusters?"

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/ny-usjudg154261154may15,0,3020537.story?coll=ny-nationalnews-headlines

[housewolf]

6. What I've heard is Wednesday...

after the Highway Bill