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    What major Bush legislation or nomination was stopped by filibuster?  The "nuclear option" was intended to and did give the…
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    • The blurring of the lines is what made the progressive party the party of Jim Crow. Indeed, that was the…
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    • The problem is that it will be majority rule anyway when the Repubs are in charge. The Dems simply won't…
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    • The problem is that the situation with the filibuster is not as symmetrical as that. The Democrats will not abuse…
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    • Mike Huckabee.
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    • This makes perfect sense if you grant that the centrists have a sincere ideology and are not just pushing cynical…
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    • Part of the problem in CA is the same as the problem with the Senate re filibusters: a majority can…
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    • Prop 13 was a constitutional amendment. It would be hard to repeal. But I think making them raise taxes and…
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    • What Obama should do - or more precisely the Congress, as I don't think this should come from TARP or…
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    • Palin is a shiny object to distract us and the media; Huckabee is the dangerous one. He comes across neither…
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    • The Moonies hired Bush Sr., the "reputable" one, as a spokesperson, effectively a flak, for their South American paper. This…
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    • is iron discipline. Look at what happened with the stimulus, what is happening with health care reform, forget civil liberties:…
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    • as I said in the previous thread on this when everyone else was ridiculing it. Is anyone here still ridiculing…
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    • This is the problem. The other person who announced he may filibuster is Bayh, who Obama almost made Veep (in…
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    • Let me add: this must be how Grayson won in an R+2 district. People had no idea, and he rode…
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    • Which is why so many party bigwigs, including not just Palin, but experienced hands like Armey and Pawlenty are supporting…
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    • I don't see the basis for believing that a defeat at this junction has to be final. I do think…
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    • is whether Obama pressures the defectors. He may have had misgivings about this strategy, but he gave his OK.  I…
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    • I don't see why the loss of committee chairs has to be limited to Lieberman. What Reid would have to…
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    • The problem with this analysis is that Snowe's vote, for which she has not committed even with a trigger, only…
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