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In reply to the discussion: Dems short on votes for filibuster reform [View all]Mass
(27,315 posts)2. Or do they.
This is more of the same insipid crap the political media call news.
Note: The Senate is NOT in session. Even if Udall had started counting (which means there was a reform on the table), he may have had problems getting answers.
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And if the Repubs get in charge you think they'll OK the filibuster for the Dems???????
Scuba
Nov 2012
#28
I could have named most of them without looking at your list. Kerry I am surprised did not vote.
lonestarnot
Nov 2012
#107
Some Democratic Senators may worry that they may someday be in the minority
Freddie Stubbs
Nov 2012
#9
I do not listen to talk radio, so I am not familiar with how Rush Limbaugh talks
Freddie Stubbs
Nov 2012
#18
If only you remembered that when repeating Administration talking points the past 4 years.
MessiahRp
Nov 2012
#43
If Obama had tried to do everything that the far left wanted, he would have been a one-termer
Freddie Stubbs
Nov 2012
#111
My 'third way nonsense' is the reason a Democrat has won the popular vote in 5 of the last 6
Freddie Stubbs
Nov 2012
#114
If people don't like triangulation, why do they keep voting for candidates who do it?
Freddie Stubbs
Nov 2012
#119
When the party only finances candidates that do it, you're left with no choice.
MessiahRp
Nov 2012
#120
Those who don't want Blue Dogs in Congress don't want a Democratic majority
Freddie Stubbs
Nov 2012
#142
If that were the ultimate value in the Senate, Wyoming and California wouldn't have the same number
Freddie Stubbs
Nov 2012
#26
The only ones who keep saying it's a Republic are Republicans,...as if they OWN it.
Spitfire of ATJ
Nov 2012
#27
The fact that it is a republic makes it difficult for any one faction to 'own' it
Freddie Stubbs
Nov 2012
#32
That's not how they see it. They say it's theirs and Dems need to get out of their way.
Spitfire of ATJ
Nov 2012
#46
The US being a republic does not perclude the US from also being a democracy.
Odin2005
Nov 2012
#102
It is still no way to run a Constitutional republic, and the last four years exemplify this
still_one
Nov 2012
#56
The filibuster was used to keep slavery intact, so protection of the rights of minorities is
still_one
Nov 2012
#80
lately in the Senate the rights of the majority are being trampled due to the filibuster rule
wordpix
Nov 2012
#106
if national Republicans keep this up, they will end up in the same position as California Repubs:
yurbud
Nov 2012
#94
Senator Tom Udall is quoted in the article stated that he does not have 51 votes yet
Freddie Stubbs
Nov 2012
#16
Any Dems who won't vote to reform this should have their precious committee assignments stripped.
leveymg
Nov 2012
#35
"A Reid aide emphasized that Reid did not commit himself to the constitutional option" n/t
PoliticAverse
Nov 2012
#52
I know that I may be wrong here, but are you really sure you want to change the rules?
hrmjustin
Nov 2012
#76
There has to be a way for Obama to fill up the Courts without having to deal with Republican
Pirate Smile
Nov 2012
#78
Down 78,000 votes with a little less than half a million ballots still waiting to be counted
Freddie Stubbs
Nov 2012
#91
Why in the fuck did Feinstein (CA), Kerry (MA) & Inouye (HI) not vote? - This has to pass NOW
LaPera
Nov 2012
#99