IMO, it was a dumb move. The GOP can tie Reid’s behavior to the same behavior that saddled people with Obamacare.
This wasn’t a smart move at all, especially now.
It was a smart move if you believe that stacking the court with left wing liberals will have a long term effect that will change many of the constitutional protections that have stymied the Dems while they have the majority.
And it is a smart move if the Dems believe that they might lose the Senate in 2014. They need to get as many judicial nominees thru as possible now.
And it is a smart move if the Dems believe that they are on the verge of becoming the permanent majority party based on our rapidly changing demographics.
If the Reps don't stand together in the Senate and House and declare their own version of the nuclear option, i.e., there will be no cooperation with the Dems until the Senate nuclear option is rescinded, then they deserve to be the wimps abused and derided. We need street fighters not these perfumed princes.