Comments on: Change You Can Filibuster http://xrlq.com/2008/11/10/change-you-can-filibuster/ Politische Kommentare mit Snarkenremarken Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:50:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Xrlq http://xrlq.com/2008/11/10/change-you-can-filibuster/comment-page-1/#comment-464468 Xrlq Sun, 23 Nov 2008 17:28:28 +0000 http://xrlq.com/?p=4072#comment-464468 You seem to be assuming the nuclear option would have passed. I don't. Further, the Gang of 14 deal omly left a handful of nominees on the table, so there aren't that many nominees who would be on the bench under any plausible scenario but aren't there now. The biggest difference is that we still have the filibuster to use on <i>them.</i> You seem to be assuming the nuclear option would have passed. I don’t. Further, the Gang of 14 deal omly left a handful of nominees on the table, so there aren’t that many nominees who would be on the bench under any plausible scenario but aren’t there now. The biggest difference is that we still have the filibuster to use on them.

]]> By: John http://xrlq.com/2008/11/10/change-you-can-filibuster/comment-page-1/#comment-464464 John Sun, 23 Nov 2008 15:17:57 +0000 http://xrlq.com/?p=4072#comment-464464 Would we have so much worry if option had been taken years ago, and all the open positions filled. Now those openings still exist and the Democrats are going to fill them. Would the Republicans had lost as badly if they had pushed things thru the senate that the base wanted rather then using political earmarks to buy passage or allowing them to be stopped, having the effect of deenergizing the base. Would we have so much worry if option had been taken years ago, and all the open positions filled. Now those openings still exist and the Democrats are going to fill them.

Would the Republicans had lost as badly if they had pushed things thru the senate that the base wanted rather then using political earmarks to buy passage or allowing them to be stopped, having the effect of deenergizing the base.

]]> By: Ken Hahn http://xrlq.com/2008/11/10/change-you-can-filibuster/comment-page-1/#comment-460046 Ken Hahn Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:07:53 +0000 http://xrlq.com/?p=4072#comment-460046 If you think the Democrats will wait a nanosecond to exercise the "nuclear option" on appointments, you are fooling yourself. McCain and the gangsters just stopped the Republicans from doing what the Democrats will do without a thought. I guess we can congratulate ourselves on our moral superiority as the Dems do so on getting their people approved. To play fair with the Democrats is like plying fair with the Mafia. And there's an outside chance the Mafia wouldn't laugh at you. If you think the Democrats will wait a nanosecond to exercise the "nuclear option" on appointments, you are fooling yourself. McCain and the gangsters just stopped the Republicans from doing what the Democrats will do without a thought. I guess we can congratulate ourselves on our moral superiority as the Dems do so on getting their people approved. To play fair with the Democrats is like plying fair with the Mafia. And there’s an outside chance the Mafia wouldn’t laugh at you.

]]> By: Kevin Murphy http://xrlq.com/2008/11/10/change-you-can-filibuster/comment-page-1/#comment-459995 Kevin Murphy Tue, 11 Nov 2008 07:27:01 +0000 http://xrlq.com/?p=4072#comment-459995 Watch the Dems USE the nuclear option first time there's a filibuster. And the NY Times will back them, too, saying it's a remnant of "the old politics." Watch the Dems USE the nuclear option first time there’s a filibuster. And the NY Times will back them, too, saying it’s a remnant of “the old politics.”

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