[sickoflibs]

RE :”I hope they come to rue the day if they succeed, which hopefully will allow us to essentially eliminate the Democratic party (not forever, just long enough to ensure our survival as a nation for generations to come).”

As someone else mentioned here, Reid knows he might lose Senate to GOP in 2015 and so Dems must pack the courts with as many ruling class progressives as they can so they can rule us from the court, nulifying a GOP congress, even a future GOP PUTUS.

Recall some recent court rulings 5-4 on marriage, immigration, voter IDs, ...

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Dems must pack the courts with as many ruling class progressives as they can so they can rule us from the court

Another advantage of ridding ourselves of the filibuster is that simple majorities in both houses and the presidency can craft legislation with the constitutional provision that removes it from court review. So, pack it all they want. Without the filibuster, judge-free legislation is just around the corner.