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"The Dems cannot throw in the towel on the cloture vote or the option without seriously alternating their liberal base."

You are mistaken. The Dem base is more sophisticated than you imagine. They know, as we do, that there is only one thing that matters: Supreme Court Justices. All they have to do is break the Republican will by avoiding the nuclear option vote until the Supreme Court nominees are actually in front of them. By that time, the whole thing should be moot. I would think the Democrats will have firmed up a majority.

I hope I am wrong, but this seems correct.

If I am correct, we Conservatives cannot get discouraged. WE just have to realize that we are fighting a subversive enemy (call it the Left) that has taken over the Dems and the MSM, as well as made a certain penetration into the Republican Party.

We have to stop assuming that our enemies are "well meaning." Hillary murders people. Her mentors, the former KGB, are experts in blackmail. She (and her ilk) now effectively control the Democratic Party.

We need to keep our cool and keep fighting. Its still a minority that wants dictatorship in this country. Most Democrats would oppose Hillary, if they knew the truth about her.

We must convey that truth before 11/2008. If we beat Hillary, all will be well in the long run.

I hope I am wrong about the nuclear option, but it looks like Frist is really on the other side.

They know, as we do, that there is only one thing that matters: Supreme Court Justices. All they have to do is break the Republican will by avoiding the nuclear option vote until the Supreme Court nominees are actually in front of them.

I'm leaning that way as well.

A "dry run," where the GOP threatens the nuclear option but doesn't deliver it (because the DEMs approve cloture) will work in DEM favor. How? Some GOP will take the failure to execute the nuclear option as a GOP failure. They've been conditioned to think that Frist has the trigger! Also, the build up of debate for days, with no release except the vote on the nominee, will wear the Senators down.

Pull this a couple times, and the entire public will tire of what it sees as "a charade." All of that leads to "more care" in choosing SCOTUS nominees.