Reply #27: I'm not sure if the repubs would go nuclear or not, but I wouldn't........ [View All]

[Justitia]

hesitate to call their bluff on it.

I have absolutely no fear of the nuclear option, from our perspective it simply gums up the works, which works to our advantage anyway.

To be honest, I don't think they would really know what to do if it came to that, and I'm not convinced they have the political will - in this current climate - to do it. I saw the first glimmer of this hesitancy in the whole "gang" agreement. If their power was completely assured, they never would have agreed to such a thing. Instead, their partisans stepped back into the shadows and allowed their more "moderate" looking mbrs to broker a compromise. A party in full bloom of power would never have done that. Of course, it sucked for us, but we are the less powerful here.

I do not want it to go nuclear, I'm not in favor of the resultant drama, but I am absolutely fine with it if it does. I am very, very curious as to what they would do with it. Our role is easy - we make them tip their hand and then do exactly nothing. We would force them to bare their teeth for Alito, proving what a nutcase their appointee must be for such a radical step, then the balls in their court, but they have absolutely used the MAXIMUM ZENITH of their powers over us. We are no more handicapped than before.

So, what will they do? I really don't know, but I'm not afraid to find out.