That doesn't mean they won't steal the White House for Jeb in 2014--they will--and it doesn't mean we'll be free of the evil entities that bought control of the Republicans and will soon start buying up Democrats because that's all that will be left.
Republican Senators are going to lose next year's elections at the same 2.x to 1 rate, and that should be just enough to end Republican ability to delay in the Senate... forever.
If Harry Reid actually executes this procedural change, the writing is on the wall for all to see. It's one thing to use the nuclear option as a political tool, but it is suicidal to actually do it UNLESS one is absolutely certain that the opposition is politically de-fanged and on its way out forever.
This is a direct result of the massive human tragedy perpetrated by Republicans upon the American people. They got exactly what they wanted--and after they cut out the social safety net, Republican voters started falling through and splattering on the concrete. They're dying off or relocating to urban areas with better social services, where their foolish decisions are easily absorbed. The banks own empty suburban houses where Republican political power once lay.
Nothing can stop that now, because America is destroyed. Perhaps we can still build a better America over the graves of the people who ruined it.