It Looks As Though Frist Has Grown A Set (updated)

The Asylum's Publius II is reporting that Hugh Hewitt broke a big story today:

He announced that Frist will force this confrontation on the Constitutional Option next week, and yes, he has the votes to break the filibuster.

Hugh Hewitt's website though, is reporting that an exact date has not been decided on.

Meanwhile, Senator Frist has still not announced the date he will hold the vote on breaking the filibuster, and Senators Chafee, Hagel, Snow, Sununu and Warner remain publicly uncommitted. All should be urged to be clear about the timing and their intentions. The Congressional switchboard is 202-225-3121. E-mail addresses for all senators can be found here.

Hugh also offers this tidbit for persual.

Democrats have once again miscalculated. They had perhaps hoped that Christian leaders would go overboard and create the sort of effect that Paul Wellstone's memorial service created, triggering a backlash from an American public that genuinely dislikes immoderate speech. But they tried to create that backlash from a flyer, and have effectively guaranteed that the speakers at Sunday night's teleconference will be as dry as dust, but with an immense audience for their careful retelling of the abuse of the filibuster by Senate Democrats.

Something to look forward too. Too bad they couldn't book Zel Miller.

UPDATE: Podhoretz has the vote coming in the next month. He also issues a warning to Harry Reid regarding his promise to shut down the senate if the majority party overrides the veto.

So go ahead, Harry Reid. Make George W. Bush's day. If Democrats go into an active and public stance of truculent obstruction, they will hand Bush a giant stick to beat them with when 33 senators — including 6 very vulnerable Democrats — face the voters in their states in 2006.