The Nuclear Option

I admittedly have not been reading and blogging as much as I would like lately, but has there been any discussion of the use of the term, "Nuclear Option" in the media?

We are so concerned with political correctness, in general, I'm suprised there isn't more of an outrage over this terminology. To me, it indicates two, hugely problematic elements of our society.

1. The idea that Democrats and Republicans are perpetually at war. Each side is guilty of this, but the fact is, we aren't at war with one another. A normal Republican and normal Democrat can sit and have a chat and probably come to a normal agreement about most issues facing their lives using common sense and decency. But for some reason, politicians, pundits, lobbyists, etc. create this unnecesary divisiveness between the two parties which makes the whole business rather nasty. The nuclear option is an indication of such thinking, thinking that is completely unhelpful and worse (to me) - unuseful.

2. The news media constant need to entertain and catch viewers with catchy terms. The nuclear option makes a procedural rule in the Senate sound so much more interesting than it really is. If we start using terms like nuclear option in reference to procedural elements, does it devalue our sense of the horror of nuclear bombs or nuclear war. Is the vote in the Senate have similar consequences to North Korea testing a nuke?