Time to Scrap the Filibuster

Tim Fernholz that January would be an excellent time for the 53 Senate Democrats and Vice President Joe Biden to come together to eliminate the filibuster and return the senate to a majority rules dynamic.

I entirely agree. There's obviously some sentiment that the wake of an electoral defeat is a bad time to push the envelop on something like this. But I disagree. The fact that John Boehner is going to be Speaker of the House means that nobody is going to feel that the filibuster is the only thing standing between them and Barack Obama's socialist gulag. Instead the practical import of the filibuster is that it will prevent executive branch nominees from being confirmed in a timely manner. That's much lower stakes, and it's an issue where the President will have a clear upper hand vis-à-vis the unpopular Senate Republicans.