On the Election Law Blog (back on blogspot) on May 15, 2003 I posted Changing the filibuster rules? Rational Republicans will say “no”. A snippet:
- For these reasons, this particular “nuclear” option seems very unlikely to me. In fact, I believe threats to use it are an attempt to force the Democrats to use their filibuster power less frequently. The threat to use the strategy is very rational, even if using the strategy is itself irrational.