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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 09:24 PM Original message |
The Senate is our own Afghanistan. It's where good bills go to die. |
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givemebackmycountry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
1. That gets a BIG rec from me - a good analogy. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 11:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Actually, it's not even really that. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
2. There are many long time Senators who need to be primaried. nt |
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metapunditedgy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 10:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Blanche Lincoln's primary certainly got some attention... n/t |
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pleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
3. You got that right. :( |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
4. Until the filibuster rule is changed, there will be no effective government |
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metapunditedgy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 10:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Filibuster is a red herring. If the Democrats in Senate are serious, they'll |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 11:01 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. The filibuster doesn't work the way you think it does. |
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metapunditedgy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 11:05 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Wikipedia says: |
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