Frist says Nuclear Option vote is next week

AP reports:

A long-threatened showdown over changing Senate rules to stop Democratic filibusters of President Bush's judicial nominations could come as early as next week, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said Tuesday.

Frist, in his weekly news conference with reporters, said he hopes the Senate finishes a highway bill and an emergency spending package to fund military operations overseas this week. "And then we need to turn to 100 United States senators and move to the issue surrounding judges," he said.

The theocrats are getting cranky. They want their radical judges.

Two key facts:

Bush has only had 10 out of 204 judges blocked from getting a vote. He's at 95%.

The GOP blocked over 60 of Clinton's judicial nominations.