Nuke It, Already

Wow! Here's an endorsement of the "nuclear option" from an unexpected source, the L.A. Times:

Nuke It, Already: "We don't share these activists' enthusiasm for the White House judicial nominees triggering the current showdown. But we do believe that nominees are entitled to a vote on the floor of the Senate. The filibuster, an arcane if venerable parliamentary tactic that empowers a minority of 41 senators to block a vote, goes above and beyond those checks on majority power legitimately written into the Constitution. "