[A CA Guy]

Rather than reaed the last over 2000 posts, what's been happening. Is the Nuclear option going to be a go or what?

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Not yet!

[Timeout]

Is the Nuclear option going to be a go or what?

It appears to me that the GOP is standing firm on demanding that every judge get a vote on the floor.

As to your question, it's not certain that it will come to the nuke option. The Dems now recognize they're hanging over the cliff like Wily Coyote.

Their only option may be to try to preserve their filibuster rights for a SCOTUS nominee. I.e., they won't invoke a filibuster on these appeals court nominees...thus Bush's judges will be approved. And if they don't invoke the filibuster, the pubbies can't invoke the nuke option.

BUT, Dems have to know they'll really be playing with fire if they try to filibuster a SCOTUS nominee. I don't think they could muster the 40 votes in their caucus for that. Bottom line: the Dems are going to lose and lose badly, whether the nuke option goes through or not.