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In reply to the discussion: Dear Obama - the past year many of us worked our asses off to help get you re-elected.... [View all]krawhitham
(4,643 posts)He needs 5 GOP votes in the senate and 24 GOP votes in the house in order to do ANYTHING
How does he get them? If you want someone's vote you have to give them something for it, sad but true You have to give them something that will out weigh the shit storm the other GOP will give them
Unless you can get blackmail on 5 & 24 voters you will have to give up something to get something
The President does not have a magic wand he can wave and pass legislation without those votes.
Plus you can not deal with a tea bagger on anything and the ones that are not bat shit crazy are afraid they will be primaried by a tea bagger and will not give you their vote.
Getting anything done will still be hard unless we vote them out in 2014
BTW if Reid does change the filibuster rules you still need 24 votes in the house