Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s recent decision to eliminate filibusters on most presidential appointees is viewed almost entirely through a partisan prism, with Democrats cheering and Republicans jeering.
A National Journal poll found a majority of Democrats, 59 percent, said they agreed with Reid’s move last month to gut the ability of the minority party stall presidential nominees. Republicans strongly disagreed. Only 34 percent said the decision to allow nominees to be confirmed with only 51 votes was the right decision; 60 percent thought it was the wrong one.
Independents split the difference, with a narrow plurality of 46 percent to 45 percent in favor of the controversial rule change. CONT.
Shane Goldmacher, National Journal