Reply #3: Dems have a nuclear option response.

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If Repugs pull the trigger on the nuclear option, that will be the end of governing by consent in the Senate. All votes will be henceforth be roll call votes. The business of the Senate will then require all Senators to remain on the floor while vote after vote will require their presense. The Repugs will have to decide whether they really want to change the way that the Senate has done business for a very long time. The Dems will make sure that the Senate really does change. With the end of the filibuster and cooperation by the majority, the Dems will end cooperation by the minority.

It won't be pretty, but it will restore some of the balance back to the chamber.