Newsday has a good piece on the nuclear option titled, "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." The article predicts the Senate could go nuclear by the end of the week. And, the piece has one paragraph that explains the whole debate:
Pressure on Frist to act continues to grow as his party's conservative base becomes impatient, and as the likelihood of a Supreme Court vacancy draws nearer with the expected retirement of ailing Chief Justice William Rehnquist in June.This is not a policy discussion or any great debate about the meaning of constitution. It's about the theocracy.
The right wing wants their judges in place to impose their theocratic agenda. And, Frist wants the wing nuts to be happy when he runs for President. That's why compromise is unlikely. The theocrats won't allow it. I think Harry Reid knows that which is why he has proposed a couple ideas. Frist's hands are tied.
Mostly, the theocrats want their judges on the Supreme Court. Timing is interesting, too. Supreme Court Justices usually retire at the end of the term in June. Think the White House already knows that one or two of the Justices are retiring?
Bottom line is that this nuclear option debate is ALL about the radical right wing agenda. And, they have a scary, hateful agenda.
