I get the feeling Reid plans on moving along in 2012, so you can expect a lot of mischief until then.
This procedure change all brings Democratic senators into some type of issue for the 2012 election, if they are running. I would imagine that they will all be asked how they feel about the “nuke option” by the local news press, and then grin mostly as they explain that they weren’t in on the process change.
This all keeps people thinking about limiting the Senators and House members to 100 days of work in DC. Why continue the soap opera all-year-round?
Reid was just re-elected in 2010 so he will be around until 2016 unless he assumes room temperature before then.