“Can’t Senate Republicans filibuster anything that comes down in a lame duck session of Congress? “
Only if there is political will. I suspect things like HCR get passed because the opposition secretly doesn’t mind. In HCR that’s a huge transfer of wealth and power to the political class. If you’re part of the ruling elite, what’s not to like? And if you have plausible denyability when it’s passed, that’s a double bonus!
I never forget that Republicans are politicians too.
Only if there is political will. I suspect things like HCR get passed because the opposition secretly doesn’t mind. In HCR that’s a huge transfer of wealth and power to the political class. If you’re part of the ruling elite, what’s not to like? And if you have plausible denyability when it’s passed, that’s a double bonus!
I never forget that Republicans are politicians too.
I'm not buying that. After watching Lisa Murkowski and Mike Castle lose primary battles, I believe that a lot of Republicans are going to watch their P's and Q's. They simply aren't going to want to be targetted by a 2012 primary challenge.