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By AndrewHyman Posted in Senate Rules — Comments () / Email this page » / Leave a comment »

William Safire has an amusing column about the so-called nuclear option, suggesting that the "atomic option" might be more easily pronounced. Safire also reports that Senator Lott is shocked --- shocked! --- that anyone would attribute the term "nuclear option" to him:

I don't recall being the first to use the word "nuclear." This is a matter of the rules of the Senate, which sets its own rules. I prefer calling it the constitutional option. The other side is acting like we're going to blow the place up.

Meanwhile, Vincent Fiore talks about another nuclear option in The Conservative Voice:

It is time for Republicans to start acting like the majority party, and time for Democrats to accept that they are now the minority party. For Republicans to do any less invites a "nuclear option" of a different sort, namely at the ballot box in next year's midterm elections.