As I said when Harry Reid opened up this can of worms, this is a bad precedent that will come back to bite everyone. In this situation I don't think the Republicans have many options other than the nuclear one but I still see bad consequences for both parties and our country down the road. As I see it, our political system, which for centuries functioned on compromise, is now broken. The problem for the average citizen is that we have little say in corrective action as only the dysfunctional people involved can do that. Yes, we can elect new people but somehow they all seem to end up being the same.