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ilikeverin
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« on: January 26, 2015, 07:59:43 PM »

Great!  A broken clock is right twice a day.  Now for the rest of the filibuster.
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« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2015, 08:36:43 PM »

Great!  A broken clock is right twice a day.  Now for the rest of the filibuster.
Do you realize that totally nixing the filibuster allows republicans to enact whatever ultra-conservative policy they want whenever they have the house (which they'll have until at least Jan. 2023 if not even longer) 51 senate seats and the presidency? Even I don't want that.

Of course I do.  But whether a particular policy is right or wrong should not be a reflection of whether it benefits my side.  The filibuster is just as wrong when Democrats have between 50 and 60 votes in the Senate as it is when Republicans have between 50 and 60 votes in the Senate; the idea that all bills should essentially require a supermajority in our upper house is ludicrous.
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