Someone on Rachel's show is blaming Harry Reid for removing the filibuster for judges, but

[JohnSJ]

conveniently leaves out that republicans would not let any Obama judicial appointments to occur, and the only way to allow that was getting rid of the filibuster

I wonder what those critics would suggest to allow Obama judges to get voted on?

Just looking at what we are up against with passing legislation now answers that question, and it is only reconciliation that gives it a chance.

Incidentally, Rachel is on vacation

[onecaliberal]

1. It had to be done.

[JohnSJ]

2. Yes

[RockRaven]

3. Anyone who doesn't think that McTurtle would have changed the rule himself the minute it

became useful for Repukes (which I assert based on McTurtle's own record of up-ending convention/precedent/rules) is a fool or a liar...

Unilateral disarmament is for suckers. The Repukes fight dirty. Always. Accept that and fight for our majority to be appropriately represented, or accept permanent right-wing minority rule.

[JohnSJ]

4. Absolutely

[W_HAMILTON]

5. Reid only removed the filibuster on lower court judges...

...NOT Supreme Court appointments.

[WHITT]

6. Elie Mystal

told Chris Hayes that Harry Reid knew Moscow Mitch was already planning to do a carve-out for judges and acted preemptively to beat him to the punch. He was a great strategic thinker.

BTW, if anyone missed it, Mystal just ROASTED Chief Justice Roberts for his repeated anti-democracy moves in an extended rant.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

9. You got me to look that up.

That feeling when you log onto Twitter on a Monday and are promptly reminded that your life's work has amounted to absolutely nothing.

Link to tweet

[no_hypocrisy]

7. Consider this: If not for Harry Reid, the judges that Joe Biden nominated

(like Obama) would never get through.

[OnDoutside]

8. It was Jon Ralston, but Schumer gave the counter argument to that later, ie the Far right in the GOP

were already intent on blocking everything that would previously have been bipartisan.