[Cyclopean Squid]

nuclear option = shortsighted. if we do it, it will come back to haunt us. you want everything shoved down our throats the minute they get 51 senators?

The minute they get 51 senators, the Dems will invoke their own nuclear option. It can be implemented by simple majority vote. Whether it is passed now or not has no bearing on its use in the future. Either the GOP embraces the option and gets things done, or it wastes this golden opportunity (control of the Presidency and the Senate).

Besides, the Option only really works in advice and consent. Any legislative bill a filibuster-less Dem-controlled Senate might pass would still have to get through the House and earn a Presidential signature. I wouldn't be too concerned about this haunting us too much in the future--the greatest regrets are things you don't do.

[Libertarian4Bush]

I wouldn't be too concerned about this haunting us too much in the future--the greatest regrets are things you don't do.

it just smacks a little bit too much of "tyranny of the majority" to me. the current rules have worked fine for a long time, and will survive the Dems' current temper tantrum.

[Valin]

Either the GOP embraces the option and gets things done, or it wastes this golden opportunity (control of the Presidency and the Senate).


I believe it's called hardball politics. And it's time the GOP started playing it.
I have no problem with partisanship (in theory), and nothing wrong with "reaching across the aisle", BUT the Democrats need to understand they are the MINORITY party. They need to be smacked up side the head until they really understand this.