MindMatter
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Sun Jan-04-09 09:53 PM
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| 6. Remember that the GOP threatened the Nuclear option |
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And in fact used that thread to take away the traditional 60-vote effect. The super-majority rule was never rescinded, but that is only because the Dems agreed to voluntarily give up their rights. It is time to play that same hardball game. Either the Republicans start acting reasonable or else we'll blow if the Super-majority rule.
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| -Reid To Coleman: It's Over. Concede. |
DainBramaged |
Jan-04-09 09:36 PM |
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The likely response to Reid |
Bluzmann57 |
Jan-04-09 09:39 PM |
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sure he is,and in the back room he and rham are planning his legal challenge,scumbags |
natrat |
Jan-05-09 11:13 AM |
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What? Is that the sound of testicles descending? |
backscatter712 |
Jan-04-09 09:40 PM |
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t is STILL scary that so many morans voted for Coleman, scary |
DainBramaged |
Jan-04-09 09:42 PM |
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Possibly, but I know people who are very left-leaning who voted for what's-his-name... Broccoli? |
HypnoToad |
Jan-05-09 04:48 PM |
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Remember that the GOP threatened the Nuclear option |
MindMatter |
Jan-04-09 09:53 PM |
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"that means they only need 59 votes to break a filibuster." |
Wabbajack_ |
Jan-04-09 10:58 PM |
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Nate Silver said otherwise. |
backscatter712 |
Jan-05-09 12:14 AM |
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The point is MOOT. You ain't never going to get all the so-called Demos to vote for cloture. |
rhett o rick |
Jan-05-09 08:49 AM |
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Does the new President of the senate count? Joe Biden! n/t |
sce56 |
Jan-05-09 06:47 PM |
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With Harry's record it's just empty rhetoric. nm |
rhett o rick |
Jan-05-09 08:46 AM |
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There's always the nuclear option |
MajorChode |
Jan-04-09 09:45 PM |
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I like the nuclear option in this case. |
backscatter712 |
Jan-04-09 09:51 PM |
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I see it this way |
MajorChode |
Jan-04-09 10:02 PM |
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If Reid had any balls and spine, he'd invoke the nuclear option immediately |
HawkeyeX |
Jan-04-09 10:02 PM |
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Let's not throw out the baby with the bathwater |
MajorChode |
Jan-04-09 10:22 PM |
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What do we have to lose if we invoke the "nuclear option". And don't tell me you don't |
rhett o rick |
Jan-05-09 08:50 AM |
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It would be nice if the repiglican party ceased to exist. |
Acadia Blue |
Jan-05-09 04:31 PM |
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Because I believe in the power of the filibuster |
MajorChode |
Jan-05-09 09:11 PM |
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Exactly, I was typing the same thing before I saw your response. |
MindMatter |
Jan-04-09 09:55 PM |
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That agreement really only applied to Presidential appointments |
MajorChode |
Jan-04-09 10:07 PM |
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Disagree. You are thinking of the compromise agreement. By simple majority the Senate |
rhett o rick |
Jan-05-09 08:54 AM |
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I'm thinking about the compromise agreement... |
MajorChode |
Jan-05-09 09:21 PM |
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"It's not up to the US Senate to decide." I don't think that's true. I think Congress |
Peace Patriot |
Jan-05-09 10:53 AM |
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Let them spend their political capital on Franken |
NBachers |
Jan-05-09 01:02 AM |
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Reid To Coleman: It's Over. Concede. |
kpete |
Jan-05-09 07:01 AM |
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So....will Colman be a hypocrite? |
sellitman |
Jan-05-09 07:01 AM |
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"Hi Norm? It's Harry. Pack up..." |
Dennis Donovan |
Jan-05-09 07:01 AM |
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Is that a pic of the candidates? |
Rhiannon12866 |
Jan-05-09 07:01 AM |
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That's Franken & Davis (Franken's on the right...) |
Dennis Donovan |
Jan-05-09 07:01 AM |
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Got it! Should have recognized him. |
Rhiannon12866 |
Jan-05-09 07:01 AM |
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That wasn't cool of Donovan. They are the Kiwi comedy duo: ‘Flight of the Conchords’ |
w4rma |
Jan-05-09 07:01 AM |
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I know Rhiannon knows who they are... |
Dennis Donovan |
Jan-05-09 07:01 AM |
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lol! |
w4rma |
Jan-05-09 09:18 AM |
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Thanks! :-) I do know who they are, but I was joking with the newbie... ;) |
Rhiannon12866 |
Jan-05-09 08:57 PM |
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Al Franken's better looking now than he was back then |
silverojo |
Jan-05-09 07:01 AM |
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That's actually "Flight of the Conchords," a folk/comedy duo... |
Dennis Donovan |
Jan-05-09 07:01 AM |
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Ha! He looks like a young Eddie Van Halen in |
mountainvue |
Jan-05-09 11:16 AM |
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Al looks like a caveman... :o |
Rhiannon12866 |
Jan-06-09 02:04 AM |
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Band meeting. Bret? Jemaine? |
grace0418 |
Jan-05-09 07:01 AM |
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...Todd? Present. Wait... who's Todd? |
Dennis Donovan |
Jan-05-09 07:01 AM |
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I'm the mutha-flippin'... |
grace0418 |
Jan-05-09 08:34 AM |
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i like your avatar |
pfitz59 |
Jan-05-09 07:01 AM |
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Coleman to Reid: Waah! Waah! n/t |
Believing_Is_Art |
Jan-05-09 07:01 AM |
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Harry, why don't you offer to drive the Ryder truck back to Minnesota for him |
Sebastian Doyle |
Jan-05-09 07:01 AM |
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What is with these republicans ? |
rwheeler31 |
Jan-05-09 07:01 AM |
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Senator Al Franken, anybody has a Billo-CAM? |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jan-05-09 07:01 AM |
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Prepare to fast forward! |
sce56 |
Jan-05-09 07:01 AM |
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Looks like marinara |
nadinbrzezinski |
Jan-05-09 07:01 AM |
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Oh great compare it to food urp uhh I just had Urp stuffed shells and marinera sauce Ralpffffff |
sce56 |
Jan-05-09 07:01 AM |
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How many votes are required to change the rules to require a real fillibuster? |
NutmegYankee |
Jan-05-09 07:01 AM |
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51, if Reid had the balls to invoke the nuclear option |
HawkeyeX |
Jan-05-09 07:01 AM |
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Don't eliminate it. |
NutmegYankee |
Jan-05-09 07:01 AM |
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Why not eliminate it? Afraid to piss off the repubs?? nm |
rhett o rick |
Jan-05-09 08:58 AM |
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No, We can find ourselves on the other side again. |
NutmegYankee |
Jan-05-09 12:14 PM |
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Are you saying that we should be nice to the republicans so that they will do the same for us |
rhett o rick |
Jan-05-09 12:30 PM |
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If you eliminate it, and we fall back to the minority, then what do we have? |
NutmegYankee |
Jan-05-09 12:39 PM |
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And I am saying that even if we don't eliminate it, that is no guarantee that they won't. |
rhett o rick |
Jan-05-09 01:13 PM |
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A simple majority can change the fillibuster or eliminate it entirely (the "nuclear option.") |
PSPS |
Jan-05-09 07:01 AM |
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Oh, none. It's just become accepted practice to accept the threat of a filibuster. |
billyoc |
Jan-05-09 07:01 AM |
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Exactly |
MajorChode |
Jan-05-09 07:07 AM |
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If COleman persists, Reid may be forced to send him a sternly written letter |
bluestateguy |
Jan-05-09 07:01 AM |
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Damn, I hope it doesn't have to come to that. What a shame. |
rhett o rick |
Jan-05-09 07:01 AM |
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Is anybody surprised?! Come on, remember which party you're dealing with... |
Rhiannon12866 |
Jan-05-09 07:01 AM |
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I can see an op-ed toon of Coleman dressed as a crying baby |
sakabatou |
Jan-05-09 07:01 AM |
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Those teeth in a baby would be scary! |
MiniMe |
Jan-05-09 09:04 AM |
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Good for Reid. The rethugs will look really stupid if they fight this. |
babylonsister |
Jan-05-09 07:01 AM |
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Plez Harry plez, force the asshats to actually filibuster. Make them stand there making fools of |
rhett o rick |
Jan-05-09 07:01 AM |
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Yes, let's find out how united the Republicans are |
gratuitous |
Jan-05-09 07:01 AM |
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Yeah REAL FILIBUSTER. Make 'em read the phone book on C-SPAN. |
demodonkey |
Jan-05-09 07:01 AM |
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No, no, no.....they don't play by even THEIR own rules. |
Hulk |
Jan-05-09 07:01 AM |
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Several percent were purists who voted for the MORE progressive candidate, |
pnwmom |
Jan-05-09 07:01 AM |
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I'm starting to get the impression that Republicans aren't very nice people. |
DUlover2909 |
Jan-05-09 07:01 AM |
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In the case of a Republican filibuster |
DFW |
Jan-05-09 07:01 AM |
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Well, as soon as the new congress is seated Coleman is no longer senator... |
Thor_MN |
Jan-05-09 07:30 AM |
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Like Coleman would listen to Reid? Of course Coleman should concede |
saracat |
Jan-05-09 07:01 AM |
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Oh, so now everybody loves him. n/t |
LoZoccolo |
Jan-05-09 07:01 AM |
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Why doesn't Reid force a real filibuster? |
peaches2003 |
Jan-05-09 09:03 AM |
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I guess Reid grows some occasionally. |
alyce douglas |
Jan-05-09 10:16 AM |
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his whole wimp act is bs...he is just a crook like most of them |
natrat |
Jan-05-09 11:06 AM |
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Sad to think that there are those that think this qualifies as getting tough. This was rhetoric, |
rhett o rick |
Jan-05-09 12:34 PM |
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Kudos to Al Franken for taking this to the mat! |
Peace Patriot |
Jan-05-09 11:08 AM |
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What about the NUCLEAR OPTION? |
Endangered Specie |
Jan-05-09 04:38 PM |
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Nice to read Reid saying that. |
HypnoToad |
Jan-05-09 04:45 PM |
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