And we have people on our side walking on eggshells around these A-holes

Welcome to the Politburo.

Via WaPo:

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is increasingly focused on the month of July as the time to exercise the so-called “nuclear option” and revisit filibuster reform, and he has privately told top advisers that he’s all but certain to take action if the Senate GOP blocks three upcoming key nominations, a senior Senate Democratic aide familiar with his thinking tells me.

Reid has privately consulted with President Obama on the need to revisit filibuster reform, and the President has told the Majority Leader that he will support the exercising of the nuclear option if Reid opts for it, the aide says, adding that senior Democrats expect the President to publicly push for it as well. “If Senator Reid decides to do something on nominations, the president has said he’ll be there to support him,” the aide says.

Reid is eyeing a change to the rules that would do away with the 60-vote threshold on all judicial and executive branch nominations, the aide says, on the theory that this is a good way to immediately break an important logjam in Washington — without changing the rules when it comes to legislation.

“This would take away the right to filibuster on nominations,” the aide says. “All executive branch and judicial nominations would be subject to majority votes. He would not do it on legislative items.”

The aide — who cautioned that this isn’t a fait accompli by any means — shared a number of other insights on Reid’s thinking about the need to revisit Senate rules.

http://weaselzippers.us/2013/05/17/harry...er-nominations/

That is fine. The way things are stacking up, Herry will be Minority Leader in a year and a half. Then let's see how excited he is about his rules changes.