[Timesink]

Still, I'm betting that the Dems really are looking at the option.

They are. Nothing matters to the Democratic Party but retaining control of the Senate, by any means necessary. NOTHING.

[Miss Marple]

You know, they have nationalized the Senate elections with this maneuver. There is nothing to stop the RNC from running ads n every Senate race calling attention to this tactic and asking for Americans to discredit this type of disenfranchisement.