[A.Hun]

There was no reason for him to stop the use of the nuke option in the first place, if he had not, this questioning would be moot.

I do believe both of you are correct, and he will not support the filibuster. I still don't trust him though.

[snugs]

I do not trust him on many things but when it come to it purely IMHO because he has aspirations on being the Republican Candidate he normally supports Republican issues not necessarily conservatives one but Republican ones.

He even sometimes comes out in favour of the President against his dem friends and again I feel that is because he wants to win support of the Republican party in the future.

[Cboldt]

There was no reason for him to stop the use of the nuke option in the first place, if he had not, this questioning would be moot.

The option can't be exercised except faced with an unreasonable refusal to agree to vote - or, more particularly in parliamentary context, immediately in the context of a failed cloture motion, following undisputably adequate time for debate.

Since the excitement of May 2005, Frist has been careful to not bring any judicial nominations forward that the DEMs were willing to stall with cloture. Likewise, Specter has held a number of nominations in Committee, based on threats from the DEMs. So, in the sense of failing to bring contentious nominations forward, I agree that Frist has stopped the use of the nuke option.

But any thought that Frist can "nuke at will" is based on a misunderstanding of the parliamentary procedure.

Think of it as a contested election. The law doesn't provide a way for the winner to contest the election results. If cloture passes, the vote goes on, and those who want to get to the vote have no complaint.

[MNJohnnie]

So anyone know where we are at on the Alito vote count? Did anyone even watch the Pres today?