Senate Dems Decide to Go Ahead With Reconciliation

From Politico:

Sen. Tom Harkin told POLITICO that Senate Democratic leaders have decided to go the reconciliation route. The House, he said, will first pass the Senate bill after Senate leaders demonstrate to House leaders that they have the votes to pass reconciliation in the Senate.

Harkin made the comments after a meeting in Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's office including Harkin and Sens. Baucus, Dodd, Durbin, Schumer and Murray.

I'll repeat my advice from yesterday to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell:

Shut down the Senate. File holds on every Obama nominee, refuse all requests for unanimous consent, make them read every bill every time. Use every Senate rule at your disposal to make Harry Reid's life a living hell.

And then tie Obamacare around the necks of every Democrat running in November, whether they voted for it or not.

This, of course, assumes that Nancy Pelosi can bully enough Democrats into voting for the Senate bill, and that's not a sure thing at this point. Interesting days ahead.