How times change.
Senator Barack Obama supported filibustering President Bush’s judicial nominees, but President Obama wants an up-or-down vote on health care. Tell you, what, Mr. President, we’ll consider that offer, once you make sure that every single one of W’s nominees to the federal bench (who would have been confirmed had the Senate voted on his nomination at the time of the appointment) is confirmed.
Oh, and, you’ll, um, need a health care bill that can garner a majority in both houses of Congress.
Hey, if Obambi and Pelosi are intent on committing political suicide, who are we to stop them?
Lets face facts: there is not going to be a rout in November. No, there is going to be a blood bath the likes of which this country has never seen.
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Well it just depends on what side of the power spectrum you are on, Democrats liked the filibuster when they needed it just like Republicans liked using Reconciliation when they needed it. Politics work best when everyone forgets what happened the prior election cycle.
What?! Obama wants to play politics differently now that he’s president? No!
Pres. Obama had his chance to pass the heathcare bill with 60 Dems. He couldn’t do it. Even with 59, passing the healthcare bill would be pretty easy if it just weren’t so darn unpopular.
In a world full of disappointing comedians, it’s refreshing to have a president like Obama, who talks as if he has a 90+ approval rating no matter how Bushesque his approval ratings become.
Yes!
Now that is the right attitude for dealing with the hypocritical, two-faced Dems. Good for you, Dan.
If the Repubs have any brains that is just what they’ll tell Pres. Obama and his pals.
http://tinyurl.com/y94ztjt
Emphasis mine.
My God, what an arrogant snob!
The Kool Aide Has Turned To Poison, Will The Democrats Still Drink It?
http://bellalu0.wordpress.com/2010/03/01/the-koolaid-is-now-poison-will-the-democrats-drink-it/
serious question: is it the “nuclear option” or reconciliation? and how do these terms compare (and how accurate were they) with what Republicans tried to do in 2005?
If Democrats (and Republicans) are really serious about getting rid of the filibuster, then why not agree to vote on eliminating it effective two years from now, or even four years from now.
It’s either time for the filibuster to go. In the meantime, while it’s still in effect, the majority should make the opposition actually filibuster, instead of giving up.
I wish the public education system would have done a better job explaining to our young people why we have a Senate and why a filibuster is part of thier rules. Why do we even have two houses of congress? Most Americans who attended the public school system are ignorant about the Electoral College, and our government.
We are not a democracy. If so blacks and women might still not have the vote. Our founding fathers did not want a govenment controlled by the tyranny of the majority.
THe House tends to be the branch of the Congress that immediately takes up the hot issues. Because of rules such as the filibuster, in the Senate a few people can slow down the process and cause adults to pause and ponder what they are about to do. After all if any major legislation can’t get 218 votes in the House and 60 votes out of 100 in the Senate, should it really be the law of the land? When Democrats blocked judicial nominees of the Bush 43 administration, I didn’t like it. But I also didn’t want the Republicans to change the rules. You never know when you are going to be in the minority.
some interesting thoughts Gene. I’m glad to see non-conservatives here speaking their thoughts.