I get it. Skirmishes over Senate parliamentary procedure are numbingly boring and arcane to most people. But please stay with me on this -- it's really important. We knew this debate was coming in July, and here it is. With an explicit blessing from the White House, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has signaled that he and his fellow Democrats are preparing to execute the unprecedented power grab of changing the Senate rules to limit the minority's long-standing filibuster rights:

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A confrontation in the Senate between Republicans and Democrats over the confirmation of President Obama’s cabinet nominees edged closer on Thursday toward a showdown over changing the rules on filibusters. After a tense exchange on the floor with his Republican counterpart, Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the majority leader, planned to recommend to his fellow Democrats at a private lunch meeting that they should vote to take the exceptional step of barring the minority party from filibustering presidential appointees. The step that Mr. Reid will endorse, which drew strong objections from Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican leader, would not affect filibusters of legislation or judicial nominees. But it would prevent Republicans from being able to require a supermajority of 60 votes for the confirmation of people the president appoints to cabinet level posts or other executive-branch positions. Republicans and Democrats have been searching for a way to avert the rule change, which is so controversial that it is nicknamed “the nuclear option.” Any altering of the long-held Senate custom of the filibuster is a rare and, some argue, perilous as one year’s majority party could be the next year’s minority. Senators in both parties also say they fear it could irrevocably change the nature of the Senate.

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Republicans offered to allow votes on several highly controversial Obama nominees (a mistake, in my view -- particularly on radical Thomas Perez) to head off a "nuclear" detonation. Democrats rejected the compromise:

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Read more:http://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2...buster-n1638704

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Republicans offered to allow votes on several highly controversial Obama nominees (a mistake, in my view -- particularly on radical Thomas Perez) to head off a "nuclear" detonation. Democrats rejected the compromise:

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Well there you have it. It's well-rehearsed theater, where everyone knows their roles (and more importantly, their place)

In this corner, the "stepin fetchit" republicans. Offering compromise.

In that corner, democraps. Rejecting said compromise.

Bipartisanship. Ya gotta love it!

This would be cool if in '14 the GOP would take over the Senate and ram this in the Rats face. Unfortunately, if the GOP take the Senate, they will reverse this BS to show "Bipartisanship" and "Reaching across the aisle".