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Showing Original Post only (View all)Why did Reid fold on filibuster reform? [View all]
Frankly, I suspected the jig was up when I saw the story that he was consulting with Mitch McConnell.
After Republicans in the Senate's performance under Obama, it should be clear to the most casual observer that their word is worth less than nothing.
My question is why he folded this time. Did he make the best of a weak hand or was it just a token effort and Senate Dems are glad to have the GOP to play bad cop to give them an excuse not to do what Democratic voters expect and deserve?
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Reid did not actually have the votes to do filibuster reform, so he bluffed and got some concessions from McConnell | |
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Reid puts Senate etiquette ahead of results, being careful about which fork to use even if Republicans will steal it and stab him in the eye with it | |
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Reid did not want filibuster reform because he knows about a new, untapped reserve of angry old white people the GOP can tap into for a comeback, so Dems need filibuster for future as minority | |
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Reid did not want filibuster reform because he and Blue Dogs in Senate mostly agree with GOP and are glad to let them obstruct more progressive policies | |
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Reid is dumber than the party that thinks Jesus rode dinosaurs, global warming is caused by cow farts, and rich people can screw us as hard as they want without going the way Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. | |
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Probably the first one, but those with long memories, may stay home on election day 2014.
onehandle
Jan 2013
#6
clearly, that prospect doesn't bother them as much as potentially crossing big donors
yurbud
Jan 2013
#9
what the Blue Dogs look at is who writes the checks for their campaigns and will write them for
yurbud
Jan 2013
#11
It's just another example of the 3rd Way of doing things. Aka..triangulation..aka..sell out.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jan 2013
#10