The Perfect Storm On The Horizon That May Kill The Supreme Court Filibuster

TPM reports:

Divisions among Senate Republicans have burst a trial balloon floated in recent days by two top lieutenants of Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to eliminate the 60-vote rule for confirming Supreme Court nominees.

That doesn't mean the idea is dead — it's just on the shelf, ready to make a comeback when the situation calls for it. The most likely situation? A perfect storm of a White House and Senate controlled by the same party with a Senate minority threatening to filibuster a Supreme Court nominee. It's not a hard scenario to imagine, especially for Republicans optimistic about their prospects of recapturing the White House in 2016.

The push to kill the filibuster for Supreme Court nominees is led by Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN), who chairs the powerful Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee; Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO), the fifth-ranked Republican; and Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), a tea party darling.

Storm.