Senate Republicans Can Retaliate. Will They?

Who can blame Harry Reid for pulling the nuclear option, eliminating the filibuster on judicial nominees? He has punched Senate Republicans in the face all year and they have failed to respond. In fact, Senate Republicans have turned around and fought their fellow Republicans in the House, jamming them with bad legislation which they helped Harry Reid pass out of the Senate.

Throughout the past few years, aside for a few judicial nominees, Republicans have been willing to grant Democrats a super-majority on major liberal initiatives. They helped Reid pass amnesty. They gave him the votes for the massive farm/food stamp bill. They were all in the tank for the deceptively-named Violence Against Women Act. They recently gave him the 60 votes for ENDA. And most importantly, they stood shoulder to shoulder with Reid against House Republicans during the most important time when conservatives were united behind defunding Obamacare.
The Plan?
There is one simple thing Republicans can do to retaliate. They can start by ending the Democrat super-majority on legislative issues. They can easily pledge to filibuster every piece of legislation and deny all requests for unanimous consent until the rules change is overturned.

How would Harry Reid respond to a complete shutdown of the Senate? Would he abolish the filibuster even for legislation? Let him try. But for now, he has nothing to fear from just eliminating the filibuster on judges because he knows Republicans will not retaliate. Reid knows that there is not a single issue where McCain, Corker, Graham, and Alexander will now withhold support simply because they were stiffed with the nuclear option.

***Bold, Italics and red underlines were added by Melony, not in original article...

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What you can do? Well, BOMBARD the Senate Republican Leadership with emails, phone messages, faxes and Twitters with the words "Unanimous Consent". Here is contact information on the Senate Republican Leadership:

Minority Party

*Minority Leader* McConnell, Mitch (R-KY)	*Minority Whip* Cornyn, John (R-TX)	*Republican Conference Chair* Thune, John (R-SD)
*Republican Policy Committee Chair* Barrasso, John (R-WY)
*Republican Conference Vice Chair* Blunt, Roy (R-MO)