HOLY CRAP- WHY MODERATES WANT TO KEEP THE FILIBUSTER

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I can't believe I didn't think of this before.

Alright, imagine the filibuster got thrown out, for judges or anything else. Now the Repukes only need 51 votes to get anything passed. Where does that put the centrists? In a powerless position. The centrists WANT a 60 vote threshold on these controversial issues because THAT'S how they keep their power. The bigger the threshold, the more power they hold with the swing vote.

So- the moderate Repukes' power was being threatened just as much as the Democrats (or nearly so) with the threat against the filibuster. Do you think that the moderate Repukes were REALLY willing to give up THEIR power when it came to the judicial filibuster? No way.

That's why they did what they did. It wasn't a presidential run. It was to keep themselves relevent.