Rush just announced that Santorum is backing off the nuclear option citing internal polls that say people think the Pubs would be destroying the time honored tradition of the Senate.
I give up.
Santorum isn't really backing off. He's just noted that polls show a public swayed by media, and not persuaded by the GOP message ("What message is that?" I wonder aloud). Santorum notes that Senate leadership is in control of the timing and unfolding of a possible restoration of Constitutional principle to the Senate's advice and consent role.
I'm not holding my breath either, but a fair reading of Santorum's comments is not that he advocates backing off indefinitely.
Yeah, it was posted here earlier.
I'm not giving up. I'm kicking all their butts to the curb in retaliation.
They need to be in the minority!
If I didn't know Santorum, I'd say he has counted the receipts and concluded he has milked enough contributions out of hardline conservative stands, so now it's time to close his suitcase and slip out of town.
And I don't know Santorum. :(