How does this help? It means Dems only have to pick off fewer Republicans to get Obama’s idiots a vote.
Am I missing something?
No, but a lot of others replying to this thread are missing something. The ONLY advantage this Reid Rule has to the GOP is if the GOP has both a Senate majority and the presidency. It is otherwise useless to the GOP. It is, in fact, a disadvantage to conservatives. With this rule in place, and assuming Landrieu looses, all Reid needs to do to get Obama nominees confirmed, is pick off four RINOs (McCain and Ghramnesty come to mind) and the Obama nominees get approved with a tie breaking vote by Biden.