I still don't understand why Frist doesn't put the judges up, then make the Dems actually do a real filibuster, shut the govt down and have video of them holding up the Govt business only to stop an up/down vote...THEN after letting them stew in their mess for awhile release the "nuclear option"...Am I missing something about Frist's power or the technical issues? I'm betting the dems wouldn't even actually DO the filabuster to keep the option open for the Supreme Court..if so...put through all the judges then, right before the Supreme Court fight...release the nuke.
It SEEMS an obvious chess move, but perhaps I have missed something?
All I can think of when I hear Frist is that he sounds exactly like Jeff Foxworthy, the Senator.
The problem with real filibusters is that the 'rats only have to have one guy speaking, but the GOP needs most of their guys there, to maintain a quorum.