Trying to take the focus off Obamacare.
UPDATE - And in a flash, it's over. The nuclear option is now a nuclear reality.
Read Sen. Mitch McConnell's impassioned speech
by clicking through. Just three Senate Democrats voted with all
Republicans to keep the filibuster rules intact. Democrats govern with
an 'ends justify the means' mentality. They pioneered circuit court
filibusters under Bush, then changed the rules when Republicans used
their own tactic against them. Rest assured that they will start
threatening to nuke the legislative filibuster when it suits their
needs. Maybe the GOP can play hardball and beat them to the punch next
time they have a majority. This is exactly right.
Harry Reid lit this fire. Let the Senate burn. And what future
Republican majorities could do in this brave new world is precisely what
veteran Democrat Sen. Carl Levin is worried about:
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