” This is actually a good idea. If the current rules are in place, the liberal judicial and administrative nominations will pass with a coalition of all dems and a few RINO’s like Grahm, McCain, Murkowski, ect. Changing it back to 60 makes sure some conservatives have to be on board with any nomination.”
Exactly - unless we get a Republican president in ‘16 it doesn’t make any sense to keep it the way it is now.
I disagree. I recall favoring the majority threshold when Republicans were in power (for nominees) and the 60-vote threshold for legislation.
I want to say that on rare occasions when liberal nominees are defeated it’s because they have lost the PR war. Conservatives are the ones who don’t get the up-or-down vote.