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The betrayal is the waffling on the nuclear option.

What is going on with Terry Schiavo was a betrayal of life by the courts. But we already knew the problem was in the courts.

The Executives, US and Florida, DO have the power to intervene. But asking them to do that is indeed asking them to provoke a Constitutional crisis. If they choose not to, as apparently they choose not to, they will be diminished in the eyes of many in the pro-life movement. But that is not a betrayal by the Republican party. It is the weakness of men pulling back from the brink of confrontation.

It is the other thing going on in Washington, the Republicans in the Senate pulling back from the nuclear option that will change the judiciary to end this madness of abortion and imperial judicial overreach: THAT is the betrayal that is unforgiveable.

They haven't done it yet.
Maybe they will come through.
If they do, they will have done what they were elected to do and will have the full support of their pro-life Christian base. If they don't, they will lose the pro-life Christian base, because there is nowhere to hide anymore when you have the power and refuse to exercise it to fulfill your promises.

The Schiavo case is tragic. There is a right answer. Maybe the men involved don't see it.
Their weakness is eventually forgivable.
Failure on the nuclear option is calculated, and not forgiveable.

As mentioned regarding the so-called nuclear option, I personally would prefer to see them return to true filibusters. Haul in the cots and have at it. That's a much more honest -- and public -- way of blocking something if a senator feels the need to do so. It has the added benefit of not setting any precedents we might regret in the future, when the inevitable happens and the Dems regain control of the senate at some point. In any event, there's a lot of maneuvering going. Let's see how it plays out before jumping to the conclusion that we've been betrayed.

By the way, the entire Republican Party should not be held responsible for what the senate does. In fact, the responsibility for moving legislation and nominees rests with the Majority Leader. Frist is a weak one, in my opinion. Pressure him and hold him to account if he fails again on judicial nominees then asks us to vote for him for president in '08. I won't, that's for sure.