Yeah, me thinks that the Repubs are very concerned about pushing the fillibusters too close to the Noevember elections... I think they will want to be seen as the party who doesn't do that stuff anymore because they will want to portray the Dems as obstructionists the very first time the Dems threaten one... A fillibuster on a somewhat Melba milktoast nominee would set the stage for exactly that by the Dems if the Dems lose the Senate...

I really don't see the Repubs goin' "nuclear" tho because it would take 66 votes to trump an Obama veto... Well, let me put it another way... If you thing that the voters are pissed off now just think how pissed off they would be if the Repubs decided to go "nuclear"... I think it would be a death blow to their party for decades to come... People have had enough of this crap and Obama would easilly paint the Repubs as un-American, un-democratic and un-carin'... Don't see it happenin'...

B~