[pabianice]

>>giving him time to negotiate a deal with Republicans,

i.e. extortion

[apillar]

Which means he doesn’t have the votes no matter what he says, if he really had his 51 he would have rammed it through today. It seems their might actually be a few democrats smart enough or forward looking enough to realize this might come back and bite them someday...

[cotton1706]

He needs to convince his buddy McConnell that it’s really a good thing. Then the others will follow like so many mice.

[cotton1706]

He also has a weaker caucus. Brown, Snowe and Lugar would have gone along with his schemes. Fischer, Flake and Cruz will not (well, maybe, look what happened to Johnson).

[Eagle of Liberty]

Delaying this until after the State of the Union.

[jakerobins]

The Dems ARE going to do this no matter what! Reid and Obama just want to be able to say the Obstructionist Republicans are not working with them. The ‘Rats know full well that even if SOMEHOW the GOP wins back the Senate they will cave after the First media story. The spineless Republicans will give them everything they want and allow them to Fillibuster ALL their bills.

[Mangia E Statti Zitto]

Sheeeeesh, Harry, why delay? The repubs will go along with whatever you want like the good little boys they are. Once you’’ve taken care of that silly filibuster thing the Republicans don’t even need to show up for work anymore-—which I’m beginning to think is their number one goal.

[Mangia E Statti Zitto]

Sheeeeesh, Harry, why delay? The repubs will go along with whatever you want like the good little boys they are. Once you’’ve taken care of that silly filibuster thing the Republicans don’t even need to show up for work anymore-—which I’m beginning to think is their number one goal.

[free-in-nyc]

Whenever leftists want to destroy something, it's now called “reform” - “health care reform,” “filibuster reform...” Hey, it's “reform,” so it's all good!

[dodger]

Oh, so it is now “Filibuster Reform”?

When the Republicans had to consider this in the face of unprecedented Democrat efforts to stifle appointments to the Federal bench, covers of news weeklies and newspaper front pages SCREAMED ...

“NUCLEAR OPTION, NUCLEAR OPTION, NUCLEAR OPTION !!!”

[dodger]

Oh, so it is now “Filibuster Reform”?

When the Republicans had to consider this in the face of unprecedented Democrat efforts to stifle appointments to the Federal bench, covers of news weeklies and newspaper front pages SCREAMED ...

“NUCLEAR OPTION, NUCLEAR OPTION, NUCLEAR OPTION !!!”

[USMA '71]

A senior Democratic aide said Reid will instead recess the chamber at the end of Thursday’s proceedings to extend the legislative day until later this month.

So not only can they print money with no wealth to back it up - but now Hairy Reid can create time out of thin air to extend the length of the "legislative day" - whatever that is. Incredible.