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Report: Reid Short on Votes for 'Filibuster Reform'

rbushey Wrote: Nov 13, 2012 5:52 PM

I'll admire those dems who have the insight to understand that they used filibusters up and down during the bush years, and won't try to change the rules in this case. If they did change it, there would be some big big changes as soon as republicans took over again. And I believe that will be 2016, if they put a moderate like the real Romney instead of the conservative dope we are all tired of

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RedRum Wrote: Nov 13, 2012 6:03 PM

If the GOP finally gets some good candidates, they have a good chance at taking back the majority in 2014. Historically, the party in power at the WH lose seats in the second midterm election (6th year), and the Dems again have considerably more seats up in '14 (all those flushed into the Senate with Obama in '08). Steer away from the Akins and Murdochs, pick more Fischers, Ayotts, Portmans and Rubios, and Harry Reid will be Minority Leader. Send that walking corpse to Yucca Mountain with the rest of the nation's waste!

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mary anne24 Wrote: Nov 13, 2012 5:56 PM

I don't think democrats want our admiration.

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Report: Reid Short on Votes for 'Filibuster Reform'

An important update to this report from last week -- it appears that Harry Reid is struggling to cobble together the requisite 51 votes to nuke long-standing minority prerogatives in the Senate:

Democrats don’t have the 51 votes they need in the Senate to change filibuster rules that could make it harder for the GOP minority to wield power in the upper chamber. Lawmakers leading the charge acknowledge they remain short, but express optimism they’ll hit their goal. “I haven’t counted 51 just yet, but we’re working,” said Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.), a leading...

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