Reply #136: How often can a lie be repeated?

[bluestate10]

Tell me. President Obama didn't start with a democratic majority that could not be usurped. The democratic House passed much progressive legislation before people of your ilk sat on their thumbs during the 2010 midterms and allowed republicans to gain control of the House. The problem that Obama had was in the Senate, with the 60 vote rule and Senators like Nelson, and the republican leaning dupe independent from Connecticut holding the 59th and 60th votes. With something like 20 democratic Senators up for re-election, many in semi red states, Reid is wise NOT to go the way of removing the 60 vote rule. Democrats in the Senate may very well need that rule to prevent passage of some of the most socially and economically regressive legislation ever seen in the country's history if people of your ilk again sit on their asses pining about purity and allow republicans to seize control of all of Congress.