Looks like the Repub…

Looks like the Republicans are finally finding their spine in the battle over judicial nominees. This story says that Majority Leader Bill Frist plans a 3-phased approach, culminating, if necessary, with the so-called “nuclear option”; changing the rules to require only a simply majority to confirm nominees.

But then, maybe it’s not so much a return to principles, but more of a timing issue. Referring to when the vote on the “nuclear option” would take place,

At that time, President Bush would be in the midst of his re-election campaign, and as Novak reported, Republicans would be able to energize their conservative base around the issue.

It may just be timed to get better coverage of the tricks Democrats are playing with the judicial nomination process. Either way, I’m glad to see some movement on this.

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