Un-bambozzled on NPR
Heard this morning from NPR's David Welna (I'm paraphrasing):
Meanwhile, I'm inclined to agree with Josh Marshall, it seems to me that Harry Reid has Bill Frist more or less where he wants him in offering his latest "compromise:" let a few of the seven contentious nominees go to a vote on condition that Bush withdraws the nomination of the three most egregious nominees and Frist takes "the nuclear option" off the table once and for all.
The devil's in the details, but it seems to me that Reid has a lot to gain by appearing to look reasonable, maintaining Democrats' power to stop Bush from packing the courts with wingnuts like Priscilla Owen, and forcing Frist to make a choice between his new radical cleric friends and Senate comity.
...which Republican Trent Lott coined "the nuclear option." Republicans no longer use that term because they don't find it very flattering.
Meanwhile, I'm inclined to agree with Josh Marshall, it seems to me that Harry Reid has Bill Frist more or less where he wants him in offering his latest "compromise:" let a few of the seven contentious nominees go to a vote on condition that Bush withdraws the nomination of the three most egregious nominees and Frist takes "the nuclear option" off the table once and for all.
The devil's in the details, but it seems to me that Reid has a lot to gain by appearing to look reasonable, maintaining Democrats' power to stop Bush from packing the courts with wingnuts like Priscilla Owen, and forcing Frist to make a choice between his new radical cleric friends and Senate comity.
posted by John at 8:55 AM
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