Ali Vitali explains the shortfalls of Senate Republicans' nuclear option

Senate Republicans invoked the so-called nuclear option, changing the chambers rules along party lines so they could speed up confirmation of a block of lower level Trump nominees. This just happened. Yes, this week.This change, it lowers the 60 vote threshold for these confirmations to a simple majority and it undercuts the ability of individual senators to block nominees that they find objectionable. Senate Majority Leader John Thun says the change is necessary to break Democrats blockade of nominees, but ...