Harry Reid is set to go nuclear

Senator Harry Reid appears set to go nuclear — before Thanksgiving.
With Senate Republicans blocking a third Obama nomination to the powerful D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, a senior Senate Democratic leadership aide tells me Reid is now all but certain to move to change the Senate rules by simple majority — doing away with the filibuster on executive and judicial nominations, with the exception of the Supreme Court – as early as this week.
…….
“Reid has become personally invested in the idea that Dems have no choice other than to change the rules if the Senate is going to remain a viable and functioning institution,” the aide says. That’s a long journey from where Reid was only 10 months ago, when he agreed to a toothless filibuster reform deal out of a real reluctance to change the rules by simple majority. Asked to explain the evolution, the aide said: “It’s been a long process. But this is the only thing we can do to keep the Senate performing its basic duties.”

A couple of questions Harry.  (1)Why did it take so long?  It has been obvious for years that the Republican non stop obstructionism has made advice and consent a joke.  (2) Why make the Supreme Court an exception.  It’s almost inevitable that Obama will have at least one more SCOTUS nomination and do you really think there is one chance in hell that he can can get 60  votes for that nomination.

With two Senators from each state the Senate is already a fail safe for the minority.  Requiring a 60 votes to get anything done has turned the Senate  into a totally dysfunctional institution.  Yes, the Democrats may lose the Senate one day, perhaps as early as 2014, so pack the courts while you can.