The usual pundits and chin-pullers are all upset now that the Democratic reform to the filibuster will upset the spirit of bipartisanship and comity between the
parties. You know, that spirit of bipartisanship and comity that the Republicans were so committed to? Nasty old Democrats!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2013/11/22/pundits-bemoan-end-of-filibuster/
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/11/nuclear-option-and-bipartisan-fantasies.html
No, nuclear option will not make Washington partisanship ‘worse.’ Worse? How could it be worse?
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/worse-how-could-it-be-worse
The Senate Really Can’t Get Much More Dysfunctional at This Point
http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/11/senate-really-cant-get-much-more-dysfunctional-point
The new, aggressive Democratic Party
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2013/11/harry_reid_obamacare_and_filibuster_reform_democrats_want_a_new_political.html
More: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/white-house-allies-weigh-nomination-strategy-under-new-senate-rules/2013/11/22/31664534-538e-11e3-9e2c-e1d01116fd98_story.html?wprss=rss_politics
The White House and its allies are formulating ways to take maximum advantage of this week’s change in the Senate’s filibuster rules to rapidly confirm more than 240 judicial and executive nominees awaiting approval. . . .