Roberts unsure about "Nuclear Option"

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Kansans, it might be a good time to call Senator Roberts and urge him to vote against the "nuclear option." The Star reports that he's on the fence.

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WASHINGTON –– With a showdown over judicial nominees looming, Sen. Pat Roberts of Kansas could be one of several pivotal Republicans to oppose stripping the Senate of its traditional power to filibuster.

Roberts expressed doubt about the "nuclear option," which would end a long-running Democratic threat — to filibuster seven of President Bush's nominees for the federal bench — by changing long-standing Senate rules.

"What goes around comes around," Roberts said in an interview last week, worried that the rule change could someday come back to haunt his party.

The region's other Republican senators, Kit Bond and Jim Talent of Missouri, and Sam Brownback of Kansas all said they would back Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist.

More: http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/11649470.htm

[atommom]

1. I saw that! We need to exploit this little glimmer of sanity for as long

as it lasts. In this case, he might even listen to us.