Frist's Finger on the trigger?

Yes, we've been hearing over and over that the Senate is going forward with kill judicial filibusters with a Senate rules change but if the sources quoted by The Hill are to be believed the moment is fast approaching.

Conservative lobbyists and business-community representatives who attended a closed-door meeting with Frists staff are justifiably growing impatient.

The leader of a broad coalition of conservative groups fighting to end the Democratic filibuster of judicial nominees, Manuel Miranda, chairman of the National Coalition to End the Judicial Filibuster, said: "We all believe that it will be next week."

"I believe it's concrete," Miranda said. "It must happen next week. It would be considered intolerable to delay any further than next week." He added, "Were it to be delayed beyond the next week, the Senate GOP should expect tens of thousands of angry phone calls and faxes to tie up their lines."

Next Monday is four years from the day when President Bush first introduced his slate of appellate-court nominees, several of whom Democrats blocked.

There is speculation that all the back and forth and lack of certainty as to when the move will be made may very well be intentional:

The lobbyist added that Frist's staff has been cautious about revealing the timing because "they know that eventually the word gets out there and they don't want to give the other side an absolute heads up."

Patience is running out, however. Tick Tock, Senator...We're waiting.

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