Posted on 01/24/2013 6:14:32 PM PST by neverdem
Scrooge the worthless Senate worried more about filthybuster rules than doing their job of passing a workable budget.
Why? Can anyone answer why the minority would willingly give up the only power they have? The whole thing stinks. I almost wish I was a R so I could leave the party again and enjoy all the phone calls asking me to come back giving me the opportunity to unload.
So the republicans “presented” and Harry promised a reach-around?
How can two people who are definately not gentlemen come to a “gentlemen’s agreement”?
I don’t believe they’re this stupid any more than I believe Obozo is well-intentioned but completely clueless. The one-party system is doing this on purpose, and the sooner people realize that, the better off we’ll be.
It’s time for the Republican Party to join the Whig Party in the ashes of history.
The comments on here seem to suggest the Republicans caved, but other sites like Drudge and Breitbart are painting this as a huge cave on Reids part. The filibuster remains fully intact with just some irrelevant face saving tweaks to the rules so Reid can say he got something.
So which is it?
Good cop/bad cop. Remember, every time democrats grab power, the Republicans inherit it when they're in charge. It's a win/win for them both, and a lose everything for America.
Why would they care how many of our freedoms are lost? THEY both gain power from it. If the shtf, they've got planes, bunkers, and private islands to flee to (that they've forced us to pay for!)
If anyone, from both the left and the right, thinks the politicians in Washington are doing what they do "for us", they're friggen nuts. None of it has anything to do with us. We're nothing but cattle - THEY own the farm.
Expires in 2 years. Good if democrats hold the senate and the rules didn’t work out the way republicans intended.
Bad if republicans take a narrow majority, and then the democrats refuse to accept the same deal.
And the MSM portrays their refusal as "standing on principle."
It depends, IMHO. McConnell yielded on minor points of procedure. Reid gave more by allowwing pertinent amendments from the GOP. Before he allowed none. Reid backed off on going nuclear with a 51 vote to do anything. The hard left are fuming.
Headline:
“Filibuster Deal Reached in Senate”
Subtitle:
“Republicans rolled again”
“Can anyone answer why the minority would willingly give up the only power they have? “
We won big in 2010. We controlled a lot of the redistricting. As a result, we should hold the house of rep. until 2012.
We can stop the bad stuff in the house.
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Ruling the Senate - A high-stakes effort to change the filibuster comes to a tentative end.
Why Democrats Should Fear Filibuster Reform
The ‘40 Percent’ Myth - The figure gun control advocates are throwing around is false. (John Lott)
Conservatives Underperform Our Issues
Some noteworthy articles about politics, foreign or military affairs, IMHO, FReepmail me if you want on or off my list.
Ruling the Senate - A high-stakes effort to change the filibuster comes to a tentative end.
Why Democrats Should Fear Filibuster Reform
The ‘40 Percent’ Myth - The figure gun control advocates are throwing around is false. (John Lott)
Conservatives Underperform Our Issues
Some noteworthy articles about politics, foreign or military affairs, IMHO, FReepmail me if you want on or off my list.
Folks, Reid, with a Dem majority, couldn’t change his own rules. Reid lost and the rule changes are minor.
Correct, except SCOTUS appointments. Otherwise Reid backed down hard.
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