The Hill reports that Sen. Santorum (R) wants to slow down the push the for nuclear option in the senate after seeing that the issue isn’t polling well for the Republicans.
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GOP aides said Santorum has made known to the leadership reasons for why Republicans should not move forward on the nuclear or constitutional option.
âHe was concerned that too many things are competing in the same area and you couldnât get a clean shot at it,â a GOP aide said. The aide cited the âfalloutâ from congressional Republicansâ intervening in a Florida courtâs decision to remove Terri Schiavoâs feeding tube and the subsequent controversy caused by House Majority Leader Tom DeLayâs (R-Texas) statement that âthe time will come for the men responsible for this to answer for their behavior.â
Democrats portrayed that statement as an incitement against judges, and it resulted in a spate of media critiques of DeLay and Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), who made a speech on the Senate floor raising the question of why judges are targets of violence.
Senate and House Democrats have woven the Republican intervention in the Schiavo issue, DeLayâs statement about judges who declined to save her life, and GOP consideration of the nuclear option into a broad message that Republicans are abusing power. John Boltonâs stalled nomination to become U.N. ambassador has also become a distraction.
Abusing power.
