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iceman66 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-08 03:06 PM
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12. Absolutely critical.
The Repubs were able to brand the present Congress as "do-nothing" when the primary reason that Congress was not able to get much done was Mitch McConnell's obstructionist tactics in the Senate.

Hopefully HIS seat will be the one that gets us to 60!
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  -How critical is a filibuster proof majority for Obama to get his agenda through? TheCoxwain  Oct-09-08 02:31 PM   #0 
  - 56 is not good enough...I'm with kos  BrklynLiberal   Oct-09-08 02:33 PM   #1 
  - That is a fantastic post from Kos  kineta   Oct-09-08 02:40 PM   #7 
  - Very critical. There are no centrists in the republicker party and the  muntrv   Oct-09-08 02:34 PM   #2 
  - Essential. Furthermore, it's essential to build a true Democratic majority  yardwork   Oct-09-08 02:35 PM   #3 
  - Absolutely essential -- whether with a few GOPS, or better with Dems alone.  damntexdem   Oct-09-08 02:35 PM   #4 
  - I think we're going to get a filibuster-proof majority.  AndyA   Oct-09-08 02:36 PM   #5 
  - It's essential mainly because you can't completely depend on EVERY  napi21   Oct-09-08 02:39 PM   #6 
  - Absolutely important.  Occam Bandage   Oct-09-08 02:41 PM   #8 
  - It's very important to dismantling the rethuglican party for GOOD  TheDonkey   Oct-09-08 02:43 PM   #9 
  - 55-56 would be sufficient--57 or 58 would be ideal.  Alter Ego   Oct-09-08 02:47 PM   #10 
  - Why are we afraid of the filibuster?  sinecure62   Oct-09-08 02:48 PM   #11 
  - Absolutely critical.  iceman66   Oct-09-08 03:06 PM   #12 
  - Its good. But you still have to worry about wimpy Dem Senator not supporting the Progressive Agenda  BrentTaylor   Oct-09-08 03:09 PM   #13 
  - New Deal passed because republican were scared shitless into supporting it  TheCoxwain   Oct-09-08 03:17 PM   #14 
  - critical!  andym   Oct-09-08 03:19 PM   #15 
 

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