Should Harry Reid take this opportunity to KILL the filibuster?

[BlueMan Votes]

knowing how he works- the repugs will promise not to use it anymore- harry will trust them and let it stay- and then the repugs will say: "we're not going to use it any less, either."

[Horse with no Name]

1. Considering the House is repub...yes

we cannot have a gridlock this second term.

[silvershadow]

2. yes. nt

[mattclearing]

3. Yes.

Shoulda done it in 2008 when it would have meant more.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. Either kill it or make them do it the old-fashioned way -

by actually talking.

[Graybeard]

12. Chuck Schumer is pushing for that.

Just bring back the old rules. If you call for a filibuster you own it and have to hold the floor non-stop.

[still_one]

5. absolutely. Especially since mitch mcconnel has come out and called of of Obama's policies a

failure. So fuck them, and do your job reid

[moondust]

6. Not entirely.

There are some proposals out there to water it down but not do away with it completely. The Merkley-Udall-Harkin bill is one approach but I think there are others. Harry Reid has promised to reform it.

[BlueMan Votes]

9. given the way that demographics are evolving- it may be a long time...

before the Dems will have the opportunity to use it anyway.

[uponit7771]

7. The winner of Snows seat said that would be one of the reasons he caucuses with dems

[politicat]

8. If it must be kept, it must be fixed.

As in, can't be used as a threat, requires the actual work of NOT leaning, sitting or quitting until collapse. Having actually filibustered something once*, it is incredibly hard work that most people won't do. But no more threats. Kill that part dead.

Right now, it's the equivalent of an elder sibling hovering a finger about an inch from a younger sibling and saying "I'm not touching you!!"

*High school student council. At the time, we used the unabridged RRoO for procedure, and the council had the O So Brilliant idea that Prom should only be for couples (i.e. no single ticket sales, no group ticket sales, and no group pictures.) At the time, I thought it was important. Four hours of reading aloud while standing was hard for a motivated, healthy teenager. The procedures were soon after abridged, but we got group Prom.

[Kablooie]

10. YES YES YES! KILL KILL KILL!

It may be drastic but its abuse is too destructive to governance to allow it to remain.

[Scuba]

11. He better.

[irisblue]

13. yes

[Shanti Mama]

14. Absolutely.

[Segami]

15. YES!!

[K-Matt]

16. YES!

[Comrade_McKenzie]

17. Yes. I never understood of giving the minority party unneccesary power... nt

[smokey nj]

18. They should have done it back in 2009. It would have been even better if they'd let Republicans

do it when they threatened to back in 2005.

[toddwv]

19. Yes.

The Republicans broke the agreement.

In addition, President Obama should go ahead and make recess appointments to everyone on his list as soon as the next session of Congress breaks.