You pegged THAT. McConnell is so assured of his win he has already announced he will keep Harry Reid’s nuclear option in effect only for nominees, but paddy fingers will resume on “issue” legislation, returning to the 60% threshold to pass any thing in the Senate.
How do you turn all this back with the McConnell Marquess of Queensbury Rules?
Comity, and all that, dontchaknow.
/johnny
Harry Reid used the nuclear option to get rid if the 60-vote threshhold for cloture *only* in the case of confirming executive appointments (but excluding appointments to SCOTUS), which still will be subject to 60 votes for cloture). So, currently, legislation is subject to a 60-vote cloture threehhold under Reid’s rules. So if what you describe McConnell as having said is correct, then McConnell would be playing no less hardball than is Reid, at least with respect to cloture.