“What in the hell is going on in Canada? I’m glad we don’t have a parlimentary system where a coalition of groups can join together and effectively overturn the will of the people following a recent election like in Canada”
“Overturning the will of the people” is exactly the rationale the Senate democrats will use in 2009 when they employ “the nuclear option” to change the 60-vote filibuster rule, so that a “minority” of 42 Republicans won’t be able to thwart “the will of the people”....
- John
“Overturning the will of the people” is exactly the rationale the Senate democrats will use in 2009 when they employ “the nuclear option” to change the 60-vote filibuster rule, so that a “minority” of 42 Republicans won’t be able to thwart “the will of the people”....
The spineless GOP could have used an existing rule (nuclear option) to get a floor vote on judicial appointments a few years back but chose to capitulate to the left. The majority makes the rules. When the GOP starts acting like conservatives again then they will regain control of Congress and make the rules. Copying the left’s agenda obviously doesn’t appeal to voters. They opted for the real thing instead.