[PIF]

Curiously, in all the discussions on cable, I’ve never heard exactly what this ‘nuclear option’ actually is...

Could this option be taken literally? A nuke exploding in some city certainly would be a ‘crisis’ which would rally most behind Hussein and all his bills would pass.

[mountn man]

Well that nuke option has crossed my mind. Kinda reminds me of the TV show Jericho. Sometimes I freak myself out a little to think that "MAYBE" the shows producers might have been on to something.

The nuclear option for congress, is that because they are the majority, they control the rules of the vote, how it happens and when it happens. They control the number thats considered a super majority.

They can set it up that this will pass, and basically nothing can be done by the opposition to stop it.