Reid is a left-wing puppet. When he opens his mouth he sounds foolish! What does Reid have to offer this country but gloom and doom. Reid has no solutions to solve any problems. Reid only knows how to point the finger and badmouth everyone the same as his friends Kennedy, Kerry, Edwards and Dean.
Bob Novak pointed out in earlier column that the RATS did indeed invoke the 51-vote rule in lieu of a filibuster when KKK Sen Byrd was majority leader. There is ample precedence for the nuclear option.
Test case will come in February. If the 60 votes are not there, Frist will push thru the rule change.