re: If Republicans Don't Go Nuclear For Gorsuch, I'm Never Voting For Them Again

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saving the nuke

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What does that even mean?

You're either willing to do it or not. The current circumstances, which pretty overwhelmingly favor the Republicans (conservative replacement for a conservative justice) have caused the Dems to bring it to the brink with a filibuster. They're the ones responsible for the use of the nuclear option in my mind, not the Republicans.

The nuclear option seems like a rational response to their antics. Yes, they stalled on Garland which gives a modicum of talking point ammo to the Dems. But Republicans held a majority, they were elected to rule the chamber at the time. That doesn't undo the good faith they displayed by not filibustering Obama's other picks which were predictably left leaning.